Loath - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ləʊθ|  American pronunciation of the word loath
Brit.  |ləʊθ|  British pronunciation of the word loath

adjective

- unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom (syn: loth, reluctant)
loath to admit a mistake
- (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed (syn: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loth)
loath to go on such short notice

Extra examples

She was loath to admit her mistakes.

...I was loath to accept his claim of having climbed Mount Everest....

...though he was loath to take over the family business, he couldn't refuse his ailing father's adjuration...

Sarah was loath to tell her mother what had happened.

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