a. [ OE. looth, loth, AS. lāð hostile, odious; akin to OS. lāð, G. leid, Icel. leiðr, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. līdan to suffer, go, cf. AS. līðan 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 ]

v. i. To feel disgust or nausea. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Loathed p. pr. & vb. n. Loathing. ] [ AS. lāðian to hate. See Loath. ] 1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for. [ 1913 Webster ]

Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate; to detest. [ 1913 Webster ]

The secret which I loathe. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

She loathes the vital sir. Dryden.

Syn. -- To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See Hate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who loathes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of loathing; hating; abhorring. “Loathful eyes.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing a feeling of loathing; disgusting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Above the reach of loathful, sinful lust. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With loathing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Loathsomeness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Unwillingly; reluctantly. [ 1913 Webster ]

This shows that you from nature loathly stray. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. def>So as to cause loathing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With dust and blood his locks were loathly dight. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. lāðlic. ] Loathsome. [ Obs. ] “ Loathly mouth.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]