Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Unwilling or reluctant; disinclined.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hateful; disliked; detested.
- Feeling extreme unwillingness or aversion; very unwilling; reluctant; averse.
- noun Evil; harm; injury.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Hateful; odious; disliked.
- adjective Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
unwilling ,reluctant ;averse ,disinclined - adjective obsolete
hostile ,angry ,loathsome ,unpleasant
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
- adjective (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What I loath is the hypocrisy and intolerance of an organized group forcing their brand of “morality” on the rest of us while they are blind to their own failings or worse, see a “Spiritual path” as a means to control and manipulate others for personal gain.
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If you read Gary Taubes’ book “Good Calories Bad Calories,” you will learn that fat cells filled up by insulin loath to release their contents to the body for fuel.
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The province is "loath" to change its royalty structure, he added.
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At what point did I state that I 'loath' the dude?
Obama Hits Bill Again, Faults National Media For Misreporting On Reagan Comments 2009
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Part of the thing is that some of the jobs that are increasing, for instance, men are kind of loath to get into it.
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Graphic images on the page included a woman with the word "loath" carved into her flesh.
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: What not to publish to your MySpace, part 523 2006
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Personally, I'm kind of loath to judge work by the author, more the other way around.
Chip MacGregor's Tips For Writers Mirtika 2006
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Graphic images on the page included a woman with the word "loath" carved into her flesh.
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I’m sure you know loath rhymes with both, loathe rhymes with hoathe or clothe or mothe, loath is an adjective, loathe is a verb.
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Tech entrepreneurs often pursue their corporate visions with missionary zeal and are loath to sell company shares, even if it is financially prudent.
OK, You're Rich. Now What? Robert Frank 2011
sarra commented on the word loath
Loath is loath to be misspelt with an e.
December 15, 2007
bilby commented on the word loath
I swear an oathe never to so do.
December 16, 2007
minerva commented on the word loath
For a variant, see loth.
December 16, 2007