loath : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: loath	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for loath
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loath adj unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake" Synonym(s): loath, loth, reluctant (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request" Synonym(s): antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p), indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loath \Loath\ (l[omac]th), a. [OE. looth, loth, AS. l[be][?] hostile, odious; akin to OS. l[amac][edh], G. leid, Icel. lei[edh]r, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. l[c6]dan to suffer, go, cf. AS. l[c6][edh]an to go, Goth. leipan, and E. lead to guide.] 1. Hateful; odious; disliked. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part. Full loth were him to curse for his tithes. --Chaucer. Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content. --Shak.