Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

loathful

American  
[lohth-fuhl] / ˈloʊð fəl /

adjective

  1. Scot. bashful; reluctant.

  2. hateful; loathsome.

Other Word Forms

  • unloathful adjective

Etymology

Origin of loathful

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

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.