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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

afraid, apathetic, averse, backward, balking, balky, dilatory, disinclined, grudging, hesitant, indifferent, indisposed, laggard, perfunctory, reluctant, renitent, restive, slow, slow to, uneager, unenthusiastic, unwilling, unzealous

Dictionary Results for loath:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

loath
    adj 1: unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a
           reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake" [syn:
           loath, loth, reluctant]
    2: (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"
       [syn: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p),
       indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p)]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Loath \Loath\ (l[=o]th), a. [OE. looth, loth, AS. l[=a][eth]
   hostile, odious; akin to OS. l[=a][eth], G. leid, Icel.
   lei[eth]r, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. l[imac]dan to
   suffer, go, cf. AS. l[imac][eth]an to go, Goth. leipan, and
   E. lead to guide.]
   1. Hateful; odious; disliked. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   2. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling;
      reluctant; as, loath to part.
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            Full loth were him to curse for his tithes.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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            Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content.
                                                  --Shak.
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