Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913 Loath /(lōth)/ · IPA /loʊθ/ 01 a. Hateful; odious; disliked. 1. Hateful; odious; disliked.[Obs.] 2. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part. “Full loth were him to curse for his tithes.” — Chaucer. “Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content.” — Shak.