loath

  • 31loath|ful — «LOHTH fuhl», adjective. that is an object of loathing or disgust; hateful; loathsome: »the loathful behavior of a cheat …

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  • 32loath — also loth or loathe adjective Etymology: Middle English loth loathsome, from Old English lāth; akin to Old High German leid loathsome, Old Irish lius loathing Date: 12th century unwilling to do something contrary to one s ways of thinking ;… …

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  • 33loath — Synonyms and related words: afraid, apathetic, averse, backward, balking, balky, dilatory, disinclined, grudging, hesitant, indifferent, indisposed, laggard, perfunctory, reluctant, renitent, restive, slow, slow to, uneager, unenthusiastic,… …

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  • 34loath — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. averse, indisposed, disinclined; see opposed , reluctant , unwilling . See Synonym Study at reluctant . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) also loth adjective Not inclined or willing to do or undertake: averse, disinclined,… …

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  • 35loath —  , loathe  The first is an adjective meaning reluctant; the second, a verb meaning to despise …

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  • 36loath — adj. == hateful. RG. 40; [yladh]. O. and N. 1605; [lath], Ps. xvii. 8 v. n. == be angry, displeased. RG. 32 …

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  • 37loath — ləʊθ adj. unwilling, reluctant, averse …

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  • 38loath — altho …

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  • 39loath — a. [Written also Loth.] Reluctant, backward, unwilling, averse, disinclined, indisposed …

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  • 40loath — adj reluctant, unwilling, disinclined, indisposed, averse, not in the mood, Sl. not into, Sl. not psyched …

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