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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈləʊθ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/loʊθ, loʊð/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(lōth, lōᵺ)

loath /loʊθ, loʊð/USA pronunciation adj. [be + ~ + to + verb]

unwilling;
reluctant:is loath to admit a mistake.

loath (lōth, lōᵺ),USA pronunciation adj.

unwilling;
reluctant;
disinclined;
averse:to be loath to admit a mistake.

Also, loth.

bef. 900; Middle English loth, lath, Old English lāth hostile, hateful; cognate with Dutch leed, German leid sorry, Old Norse leithr hateful

loath′ness, n.

reluctant.

eager.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

loath, loth /ləʊθ/ adj

(usually followed by to) reluctant or unwilling
nothing loath ⇒ willing

Etymology: Old English lāth (in the sense: hostile); related to Old Norse leithr

'loath' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

averse - loathe - loth - disinclined - indisposed - laith - loathful - loathing - loathly - loathsome - reluctant - unwilling - self-loathing

Synonyms: averse, disinclined, reluctant, unwilling, more...

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