Loath

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Unwilling or reluctant; disinclined: I am loath to go on such short notice.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined
  • adj. hostile, angry, loathsome, unpleasant
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Hateful; odious; disliked.
  • adj. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Hateful; disliked; detested.
  • Feeling extreme unwillingness or aversion; very unwilling; reluctant; averse.
  • n. Evil; harm; injury.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
  • adj. (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
    • Equivalent
    unwilling    disinclined   
    Verb Form
    loathefully    loathfulness    loathness   
    Cross Reference
    lief   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hateful    odious    disliked    averse    unwilling    reluctant    disinclined   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Goethe    both    growth    oath    sloth    troth   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    averse    indisposed    unsure    overjoyed    advisable    remiss    unwilling    hesitant    reticent    chary   
     
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