Synonyms for loath
loʊθ, loʊðloath

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1. loathadjective

   Synonyms:
   averse, unwilling, disinclined, reluctant

2. loathadjective

   unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined

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

   Synonyms:
   unwilling, reluctant, averse, disinclined

3. loathadjective

   hostile, angry, loathsome, unpleasant

   Synonyms:
   disinclined, averse, reluctant, unwilling

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1. loath

   Reluctant (Latin re, back, and lucto, strive, struggle) signifies struggling against what one is urged or impelled to do, or is actually doing; averse (Latin a, from, and verto, turn) signifies turned away as with dislike or repugnance; loath (Anglo-Saxon lath, evil, hateful) signifies having a repugnance, disgust, or loathing for, tho the adjective loath is not so strong as the verb loathe. A dunce is always averse to study; a good student is disinclined to it when a fine morning tempts him out; he is indisposed to it in some hour of weariness. A man may be slow or backward in entering upon that to which he is by no means averse. A man is loath to believe evil of his friend, reluctant to speak of it, absolutely unwilling to use it to his injury. A legislator may be opposed to a certain measure, while not averse to what it aims to accomplish. Compare ANTIPATHY.

   Synonyms:
   averse, backward, disinclined, indisposed, opposed, reluctant, slow, unwilling

   Antonyms:
   desirous, disposed, eager, favorable, inclined, willing

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1. loath, loth, reluctantadjective

   unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom

   "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"

   Synonyms:
   loth(p), indisposed(p), loath(p), averse(p), loth, antipathetic, antipathetical, reluctant

   Antonyms:
   inclined(p), willing

2. antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p), indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p)adjective

   (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"

   Antonyms:
   inclined(p), willing

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1. loathadjective

   Synonyms:
   reluctant, backward, unwilling, averse, disinclined, indisposed, not disposed

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1. List of paraphrases for "loath":

   reluctant, unwilling

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1. Tamara Winfrey Harris:

   A lot of people are loath to believe any of the allegations, he's not, 'quote unquote,' that kind of person.

2. Brad Bennett:

   I don't think that is likely, they are loath to disrupt someone seen as an innovator. Those are the type of people who get the greatest benefit of the doubt.

3. Andy Challenger:

   Companies are loath to make any cuts, they're hanging on to everyone they can.

4. Katie Nixon:

   This FOMC is also loath to repeat the premature policy pivot that allows inflation to resurge, demanding even tighter monetary policy which creates a recession.

5. Robert Besseling:

   Ideologically, the EFF is closer to the ANC, though it will be loath to support the ANC which it has acrimoniously opposed in the National Assembly.