loath

The definition of loath is someone or something unwilling or reluctant.

(adjective)

An example of loath is someone not wanting to leave a party, they are loath to leave the party.

See loath in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

unwilling; reluctant: usually followed by an infinitive: to be loath to depart

Origin: ME loth < OE lath, hostile, hateful, akin to Ger leid, sorrow (orig. adj.) < IE base *leit-, to detest, abhor > Gr aleitēs, sinner

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See loath in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also loth

adjective

Unwilling or reluctant; disinclined: I am loath to go on such short notice.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English loth, displeasing, loath

Origin: , from Old English lāth, hateful, loathsome

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