About The Word Loath
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Loath
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What's The Definition Of Loath?
[adj] unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"; "unwilling to face facts"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Loath: loth | reluctant | unwilling Related Terms | Find terms related to Loath: afraid | apathetic | averse | backward | balking | balky | dilatory | disinclined | grudging | hesitant | indifferent | indisposed | laggard | perfunctory | reluctant | renitent | restive | slow | slow to | uneager | unenthusiastic | unwilling | unzealous See Also | Loath In Webster's Dictionary \Loath\ (l[=o]th), a. [OE. looth, loth, AS. l[=a]?
hostile, odious; akin to OS. l[=a][eth], G. leid, Icel.
lei[eth]r, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. l[=i]dan to
suffer, go, cf. AS. l[=i][eth]an 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.
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