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People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.
C. Wright Mills

Meaning of "loath" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LOATH

Old English lāth (hostile); related to Old Norse leithr.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LOATH

loath  [ləʊθ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOATH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Loath is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LOATH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of loath in the English dictionary

The definition of loath in the dictionary is reluctant or unwilling.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOATH


Arbroath
ɑːˈbrəʊθ
both
bəʊθ
growth
ɡrəʊθ
ingrowth
ˈɪnˌɡrəʊθ
intergrowth
ˈɪntəˌɡrəʊθ
loth
ləʊθ
misgrowth
ˌmɪsˈɡrəʊθ
oath
əʊθ
outgrowth
ˈaʊtˌɡrəʊθ
overgrowth
ˈəʊvəˌɡrəʊθ
quoth
kwəʊθ
regrowth
riːˈɡrəʊθ
sloth
sləʊθ
Thoth
θəʊθ
troth
trəʊθ
undergrowth
ˈʌndəˌɡrəʊθ
upgrowth
ˈʌpˌɡrəʊθ
wroth
rəʊθ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOATH

loanable
loanback
Loanda
loanee
loaner
loaning
loanshift
loathe
loathedness
loather
loathful
loathfulness
loathing
loathingly
loathliness
loathly
loathness
loathsome
loathsomely
loathsomeness

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOATH

aftermath
bath
beneath
Bible oath
breath
death
gospel oath
heath
Hippocratic oath
in at the death
in the same breath
math
nothing loath
on oath
path
put to death
take an oath
to death
underneath
wroath

Synonyms and antonyms of loath in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LOATH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «loath» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of loath

Translation of «loath» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOATH

Find out the translation of loath to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of loath from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «loath» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不情愿的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reticente
570 millions of speakers

English

loath
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनिच्छुक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مشمئز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хотелось
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

odiar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অরাজি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

peu disposé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecewa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unwillig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

いやがって
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

~하기 싫어하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sumpah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விருப்பம் இல்லாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

न वाटणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gönülsüz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

restio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niechętny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хотілося
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nu e dispus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

loath
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onwillig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ovilliga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nødig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of loath

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOATH»

The term «loath» is regularly used and occupies the 79.137 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOATH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about loath

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9 QUOTES WITH «LOATH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word loath.
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Martha Beck
Our ideas about love and attractiveness are so primal, our need for belonging so intense, that most of us are loath to abandon our favorite beliefs on these issues. If you've ever let yourself feel lovable and lovely, only to be deeply hurt, you may see accepting your own body as a setup for severe emotional wounding.
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Anthony Daniels
You know, a lot of people are loath to go to an orchestral concert because they are intimidated by the thought.
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Bob Edwards
At a tiny station in New Albany, Indiana, which is right across from the river from Louisville, Kentucky, where I grew up. The Louisville stations were loath to hire beginners, so I had to go across the river.
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Alexander Henry
It may be that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,' but I should be loath to see a rose on a maiden's breast substituted by a flower, however beautiful and fragrant it might be, that is went by the name of the skunk lily.
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Mary Karr
Most of the people I write about I'm still in touch with, so I would be loath to make up stuff about them.
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C. Wright Mills
People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.
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Michael Moore
I've been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they're loath to do that because they think if it's a documentary it has to be deadly serious - it has to be like medicine that you're supposed to take. And I think it's what keeps the mass audience from going to documentaries.
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Johnny Vegas
I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway.
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Jim Walsh
Never, since the fall of communism, has it been so abundantly clear that an ethos exists, which is loath to accept the freedoms and prosperity we hold sacred in this nation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOATH»

Discover the use of loath in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to loath and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Loath Letters
"Christy Leigh Stewart's Loath Letters is a surprisingly emotional powerhouse of writings that reveal the author's quirky, often irreverent wit. With unexpected insight, she exposes the uncomfortable and pulls the lid off the acceptable.
Christy Leigh Stewart, 2010
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The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete ...
tion between the verb loathe, to detest, and the adjective loath, unwilling. They say loathe (rhymes with clothe) when they mean loath (rhymes with both). This regrettably common beastly mispronunciation sometimes is reflected in print. Here is ...
Charles Harrington Elster, 2006
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The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...
Loathe (v. t. from loath) To hate, to look on with abhorrence, to see food with dislike, to consider with the disgust of satiety. - Johnson. Loathe (v. int.) To create disgust, to cause abhorrence. Loath'ed {p. from loath) Hated, abhorred, viewed with ...
John Ash, 1775
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A dictionary of the English language
Loath, a. (S. lath) unwilling ; reluctant. Loathe, v. to feel disgust at ; to hate. Ldath' ful, a. abhorring ; hating. Loath'mg, n. disgust ; aversion. Loath'Iy, a. hateful.— ad. unwillingly. Loath'li-negs, n. what excites hatred. Loatb/ness, n. unwillingness ...
Alexander Reid, 1849
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order
UNWILLING literally signifies not willing. BACKWARD signifies having the will in a backward direction. , LOATH, from to loath, denotes the quality of loathing. RELUCTANT, fi'om the Latin re and lucto to struggle, signifies struggling with the will ...
George Crabb, 1816
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The Chambers Dictionary
See lose2. loath. See loth. loathe loilh, vt to dislike intensely; to feel disgust at. — adj loathed — n loath edness — n loath er — adj loath'ful exciting loathing or disgust: (Spenser lothefull or lothfull I loathsome; reluctant. — n loath fulness — n  ...
Allied Chambers, 1998
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge
LOAR, or ) a town of Spain, in Arragon, 13 LOARNE, ) miles S. of Jaca. * LOATH, adj. [lath, Saxon.] Unwilling ; disliking ; not ready ; not inclined. — These fresh and delightful brooks, how slowly they slide away, as hib to leave the company of  ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1806
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The Treasury of knowledge and library of reference ...
a. hatred, abhorrence, disgust Loll, v. n. to Ran idly, to hang out Loath'ed, pre, ILol'ling, par. Loll'ed, pre. Loath'er, *. one that loathes iLol'lard, s. a reproaclitul appellation of (lie Loath'ful, a. hating, abhorred, odious | followers of Wicklirle ...
A gentleman of the New York bar, Hugh Moore, 1850
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Dictionary of the English Language: With a Vocabulary of ...
Loath, a. unwilling, reluctant. Loathe, v. to hate, to nauseate. Loath'ful, (7. hating, abhorred, odious. Loath'ing, s. hatred, abhorrence, disgust. Loath'ingly, ad. with disgust. Loath'ly, a. hateful, disgusting : ad, unwillingly; without liking. Loath/ness  ...
Robert Sullivan, 1847
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Dictionary of the English Language: Abridged from the ...
LOATH, a. See Lorn. LOATHE, ) v.t. To feel disgust at any thing; to LOTHB, \ hate ; to dislike greatly. LOATH'-KU, pp. Hated; abhorred." LOATH'-ER, n. One that loathes nr abhon. LOATH'-FUL, a. Hating; disgusting; exciting abhorrence.
Noah Webster, 1845

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOATH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term loath is used in the context of the following news items.
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KL.FM 96.7 - News - Blatter Tries To Salvage Legacy Amid Scandal
But like him or loath him - and not everyone in the press room was impressed with the impact his actions will have on covering FIFA in future ... «KL.FM 96.7, Jul 15»
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PM says web firms who track 'likes' online have a duty to stop spread …
'And I know too how much you hate the extremists who are seeking to divide our communities and how you loath the damage they do. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Tax disclosure programme has some flaws, say experts | Economy …
Individuals are loath to apply under the VDP without coming clean with the Reserve Bank. However given the cost of paying the tax, interest ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
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Offworld Monday roundup: Empathy, criticism and being filthy in the …
... and we can't have nuanced conversations about important things like, I dunno, sexism or racism in our media because everyone is so loath ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
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Dr. Ciara Kelly: Irish women are drinking in pregnancy - but only to fit …
And to be honest I'm loath to treat women like simple vessels and tell them how they should live their lives when there is little evidence to ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
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Reflections on coming federal election - Columnists - The Guardian
On the other hand, large segments of Canadian society absolutely loath Harper; he's been compared to everyone from Attila the Hun to Hitler! «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Nonpartisan panel should redraw Alabama districts
It was Arizona's Republican-dominated state legislature, loath to lose its ability to rig elections, that brought the lawsuit before the Supreme ... «Montgomery Advertiser, Jul 15»
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Should Turkey worry about Iran nuke deal? - Al Arabiya News
Both these countries loath to see ISIS taking over more territories in Syria. But the ousting of Assad, which Western countries -- particularly ... «Al-Arabiya, Jul 15»
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Virginia & George Married On 'Masters Of Sex,' But It's Just A Sham …
Virginia knows it too, though she's loath to admit it. And suddenly, George seems to be the solution to everyone's problems. If he's willing to make an honest ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
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Science: Power and Politics » IAI TV
... science is particularly affected by the militarism and capitalism of the culture in which it's embedded in ways that scientists themselves are loath to discuss. «IAI News, Jul 15»

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