loath

Adjective
Synonyms: lothreluctantantipatheticantipatheticalaverse(p)indisposed(p)loath(p)loth(p)

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom“a reluctant smile”“loath to admit a mistake”Synonyms: lothreluctant
  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”Synonyms: antipatheticantipatheticalaverse(p)indisposed(p)loath(p)loth(p)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part. [1913 Webster]

Full loth were him to curse for his tithes.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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