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. ]
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. t.
Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]
The secret which I loathe. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]
She loathes the vital sir. Dryden.
v. i. To feel disgust or nausea. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who loathes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
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 ]
a. [ AS. lāðlic. ] Loathsome. [ Obs. ] “ Loathly mouth.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
This shows that you from nature loathly stray. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
With dust and blood his locks were loathly dight. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]