loath

loath is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Hateful; odious; disliked. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Hateful; odious; disliked.
2. adjective. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part.
3. adjective. (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed

   "antipathetic to new ideas"

   "averse to taking risks"

   Synonyms: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loth

4. adjective. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom

   "a reluctant smile"

   "loath to admit a mistake"

   Synonyms: loth, reluctant

Synonyms

antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loth, reluctant

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in loath:

aholt, altho, lhota, lotah

Common word forms

loathed, loather, loathes, loathly, loathful, loathing, loathness

Words from these letters

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