Definitions for loath

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Spelling: [lohth, lohth]
IPA: /loʊθ, loʊð/

Loath is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in loath (ahlot).

Definitions for loath

adjective

  1. unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse:

Origin of loath

before 900; Middle English loth, lath, Old English lāth hostile, hateful; cognate with Dutch leed, German leid sorry, Old Norse leithr hateful

Examples for loath

Was the studio just loath to finance a $200 million R-rated film?

These officials, however, are loath to talk about him on the record.

Joshua turned and took another step; but Gorman was loath to let him go.

He was only enjoying an interview—a vengeance—he was loath to terminate.

He was worried and apprehensive, yet the camp lured his mate and she was loath to depart.

The city was often loath to change companies, in part because it feared the disruption that canceling their routes might cause.

He would be loath to die until he had taught her to regret him.

Perhaps they're loath to identify themselves with a worldview that leaves so little room for nuance.

Washington, in particular, has been loath to do anything that might escalate.

I was loath to leave this historical tin box, but time pressed.

Word Value for loath
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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