Part 748

Loath (lth), a. [OE. looth, loth, AS. lð hostile, odious; akin to OS. lð, G. leid, Icel. leiðr, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. ldan to suffer, go, cf. AS. lðan 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.

Loathe (l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loathed (ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Loathing.] [AS. lðian to hate. See Loath.] 1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.

Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread.

Cowley.

2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate.

The secret which I loathe.

Waller.

She loathes the vital sir.

Dryden.

Syn. -- To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See Hate.

Loathe, v. i. To feel disgust or nausea. [Obs.]

Loath"er (?), n. One who loathes.

Loath"ful (?), a. 1. Full of loathing; hating; abhorring. "Loathful eyes." Spenser.

2. Causing a feeling of loathing; disgusting.

Above the reach of loathful, sinful lust.

Spenser.

Loath"ing, n. Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation.

The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races.

Macaulay.

Loath"ing*ly, adv. With loathing.

Loath"li*ness (?), n. Loathsomeness. [Obs.]

Loath"ly (l"l), a. [AS. lðlic.] Loathsome. [Obs.] " Loathly mouth." Spenser.

Loath"ly (lth"l), adv. 1. Unwillingly; reluctantly.