loath
adjective
[ ləʊθ ]
• reluctant; unwilling.
• "I was loath to leave"
Similar:
reluctant,
unwilling,
disinclined,
ill-disposed,
not in the mood,
hesitant,
against,
averse,
opposed,
resistant,
hostile,
antagonistic,
resisting,
Origin:
Old English lāth ‘hostile, spiteful’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leed, German Leid ‘sorrow’.
