Definitions for loath
loʊθ, loʊðloath

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loath, loth, reluctantadjective

   unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom

   "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"

2. antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p), indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p)adjective

   (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed

   "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loathadjective

   unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined

   I was loath to return to the office without the Henderson file.

2. loathadjective

   hostile, angry, loathsome, unpleasant

3. Etymology: From loth, from loth, from laþ

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loathadjective

   Unwilling; disliking; not ready; not inclined.

   Etymology: lað , Saxon.

   These fresh and delightful brooks, how slowly they slide away, as loth to leave the company of so many things united in perfection. Philip Sidney.

   With lofty eyes, half loth to look so low,
   She thanked them in her disdainful wise,
   Ne other grace vouchsafed them to show
   Of princess worthy. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   When he heard her answers loth, he knew
   Some secret sorrow did her heart distrain. Fairy Queen.

   To speak so indirectly, I am loth;
   I’d say the truth; but to accuse him so,
   That is your part. William Shakespeare, Meas. for Measure.

   Long doth she stay, as loth to leave the land,
   From whose soft side she first did issue make,
   She tastes all places, turns to ev’ry hand,
   Her flow’ry banks unwilling to forsake. Davies.

   Then wilt thou not be loth
   To leave this paradise, but shalt possess
   A paradise within thee, happier far! John Milton, Par. Lost.

   To pardon willing, and to punish loth;
   You strike with one hand, but you heal with both:
   Lifting up all that prostrate lie, you grieve
   You cannot make the dead again to live. Edmund Waller.

   When Æneas is forced to kill Lausus, the poet shews him compassionate, and is loth to destroy such a master-piece of nature. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   As some faint pilgrim standing on the shore,
   First views the torrent he would venture o’er;
   And then his inn upon the farther ground,
   Loth to wade through, and lother to go round:
   Then dipping in his staff does trial make
   How deep it is; and, sighing, pulls it back. Dryden.

   I know you shy to be oblig’d;
   And still more loath to be oblig’d by me. Thomas Southerne.

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1. loath

   Loath is an adjective that describes a strong unwillingness or reluctance to do something because it is disliked or disagreed upon. It conveys a feeling of intense dislike or aversion.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loathadjective

   hateful; odious; disliked

2. Loathadjective

   filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part

3. Etymology: [OE. looth, loth, AS. l hostile, odious; akin to OS. l, G. leid, Icel. leir, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. ldan to suffer, go, cf. AS. lan to go, Goth. leipan, and E. lead to guide.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Loath

   Loth, lōth, adj. disliking: reluctant, unwilling.—adv. Loath′ly.—n. Loath′ness. [A.S. láð, hateful—líðan, to travel; Ger. leiden, suffer.]

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1. Loath

   Loath vs. Loathe -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Loath and Loathe.

Anagrams for loath »

1. altho

2. lotah

3. tolah

4. lhota

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of loath in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of loath in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of loath in a Sentence

1. Tamara Winfrey Harris:

   A lot of people are loath to believe any of the allegations, he's not, 'quote unquote,' that kind of person.

2. Brad Bennett:

   I don't think that is likely, they are loath to disrupt someone seen as an innovator. Those are the type of people who get the greatest benefit of the doubt.

3. Robert Besseling:

   Ideologically, the EFF is closer to the ANC, though it will be loath to support the ANC which it has acrimoniously opposed in the National Assembly.

4. Katie Nixon:

   This FOMC is also loath to repeat the premature policy pivot that allows inflation to resurge, demanding even tighter monetary policy which creates a recession.

5. Jeffrey Swanson:

   Mental health stakeholders are loath to have this conversation about improving mental health care in a context driven by violence prevention, because that's not why we need mental health reform per se, we need it because people are struggling with illnesses and they don't have access to care.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=loath
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Loath
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=loath
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loath
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=loath