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[ lohth, lohth ] SHOW IPA
/ loʊθ, loʊð / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.
Origin of loath First recorded before 900; Middle English loth, lath, Old English lāth “hostile, hateful”; cognate with Dutch leed, German leid “sorry,” Old Norse leithr “hateful”
ANTONYMS FOR loath eager.
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synonym study for loath See reluctant.
OTHER WORDS FROM loath loathness, noun o·ver·loath, adjective un·loath, adjective un·loath·ly, adverb
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH loath loath , loathe, loathsomeWords nearby loath loanshift, loan-to-value, loan translation, loan value, loanword, loath , loathe, loathful, loathing, loathly, loathsome
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Example sentences from the Web for loath These officials, however, are loath to talk about him on the record.
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Washington, in particular, has been loath to do anything that might escalate.
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Perhaps they're loath to identify themselves with a worldview that leaves so little room for nuance.
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Was the studio just loath to finance a $200 million R-rated film?
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The city was often loath to change companies, in part because it feared the disruption that canceling their routes might cause.
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They were loath to sacrifice such advantages for the sake of joining hands with "Papists and monarchists."
Wake me at midnight, Chet said, not at all loath to give his partner a bit of work.
The Trail Boys on the Plains | Jay Winthrop Allen
One who is always digging dugouts is loath to leave the habitation which has cost him much labor in order to live in the open.
My Second Year of the War | Frederick Palmer
But they still clung to the dwindling Swamp, for it was their home and they were loath to move to foreign parts.
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When the forms were locked up and the next day's assignment made, the office force was loath to separate.
Comrade Yetta | Albert Edwards
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British Dictionary definitions for loath adjective (usually foll by to) reluctant or unwilling
nothing loath willing
Derived forms of loath loathness or lothness , noun Word Origin for loath Old English lāth (in the sense: hostile); related to Old Norse leithr
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Words related to loath unwilling, afraid, hesitant, reluctant, counter, disinclined, indisposed, opposed, remiss, resisting