loath
adjective
unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse.
loathness
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a word derived from
loath.
Example Sentences
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You were kneel'd to, and importun'd otherwise By all of us; and the fair soul herself Weigh'd between loathness and obedience at Which end o' th' beam should bow.
From The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Should we be taking leave As long a term as yet we have to live, The loathness to depart would grow.
From Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
When the family had retired after supper, and left us to talk on our particular affairs, I found the same indecision, the same loathness to bring our courtship to a period, as formerly.
From The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton by Hannah Webster Foster
Here be also Mr. Mansel and Mr. Owen Shelley, by the names of Mr. Griffin and Mr. Titchborn: both expect, the first with some loathness to stay long, the second is wholly resigned.
From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by John Gerard
The man of fifty-four, become the biographer of his own youth, finds no loathness of self-respect to prevent his detailing the absurd adventures with which he diverted himself on the way.
From Classic French Course in English by William Cleaver Wilkinson
