loathful

[ lohth-fuhl ]

adjective

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

Other Words From

• un·loathful adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of loathful¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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