loth
9.9
Not willing to do something
- adjective
- /loʊθ/
- Archaic
:
reacio
- Many students are loth to participate in group discussions due to shyness.
Examples
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"I am loth to close," he said.
Academic text (1997) -
She was loth to join the meeting, preferring to finish her work first.
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He felt loth to accept the promotion without discussing it with his family.
Synonyms
reluctant
vsloth
247
3.5
Not willing to do something because you feel unsure
expresses general unwillingness without stressing hesitation
unwilling
vsloth
139
3.4
Not wanting to do something and doing it only because you must
focuses on simple reluctance rather than forced or coerced action
averse
vsloth
26
6.4
A person who strongly dislikes something and tries to avoid it
describes milder reluctance rather than intense opposition
loath
vsloth
12
6.9
Not willing to do something
has identical meaning but appears as a variant spelling
5
6.4
Not willing to do something because you do not really want to
expresses reluctance without pointing to dislike or disapproval
indisposed
vsloth
6.8
Not willing to do something
is the simple, neutral term without formal or polite tone
Antonyms
How Reluctant
Surface Forms
loth positive
Etymology
The word loth is an old English form of loath, which meant 'hateful' or 'unwilling', and it is the same root as loathe ('to hate'). So if you are loth to do something, you feel 'unwilling' or reluctant to do it.