loath

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Synonyms 1.4.3 Related terms 1.4.4 Translations 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• loth (mostly UK)

[edit] Etymology

From loth, from Middle English loth (“‘disinclined"; "loathsome’”), from Old English lāþ (“‘loathsome", "evil’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ləʊθ/

  Rhymes: -əʊð, -əʊθ

[edit] Adjective

loath (comparative loather, superlative loathest)

1. unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined

   I was loath to return to the office without the Henderson file.

2. (obsolete) hostile, angry, loathsome, unpleasant

[edit] Usage notes

• Often confused in meaning and pronunciation with loathe, a related transitive verb.
• This spelling is about four times as common as "loth" in the UK and fifty times as common in the US.

[edit] Synonyms

• unwilling, reluctant, averse, disinclined

[edit] Related terms

• loathe

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ahlot
• altho
• tolah