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loathful

[ lohth-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. Scot. bashful; reluctant.
  2. hateful; loathsome.

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  • un·loathful adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of loathful1

First recorded in 1400–50, loathful is from the late Middle English word lothfull. See loath, -ful

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Example Sentences

The son his granddam found to him most loathful; heads she had nine hundred.

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