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LOATH
antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth
(adjective) (usually followed by ātoā) strongly opposed; āantipathetic to new ideasā; āaverse to taking risksā; āloath to go on such short noticeā; āclearly indisposed to grant their requestā
loath, loth, reluctant
(adjective) unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; āa reluctant smileā; āloath to admit a mistakeā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
loath (comparative loather, superlative loathest)
Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling.
(obsolete) Angry, hostile.
(obsolete) Loathsome, unpleasant.
Usage notes
• The spelling loath is about four times as common as loth in Britain, and about fifty times as common in the United States.
• The word should not be confused with the related verb loathe.
Etymology 2
Verb
loath (third-person singular simple present loaths, present participle loathing, simple past and past participle loathed)
Obsolete spelling of loathe.
Anagrams
• Athol, altho, altho', lotah, tolah
Source: Wiktionary
Loath, a. Etym: [OE. looth, loth, AS. la hostile, odious; akin to OS. l, G. leid, Icel. lei, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. lidan to suffer, go, cf. AS. li to go, Goth. leipan, and E. lead to guide.]
1. Hateful; odious; disliked. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part. Full loth were him to curse for his tithes. Chaucer . Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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