loathful

[lohth -fuh l] /ˈloʊð fəl/

adjective

Scot. bashful; reluctant.

hateful; loathsome.

Origin of loathful

late Middle English

1400-1450

1400-50; late Middle English lothfull. See loath, -ful

Related forms

unloathful, adjective

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

The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson

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