Tom and Mary are loath to share any details of their private life.
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Loath
//ləʊθ//
Synonyms for "loath" (40 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
Related word relations
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
8 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- неохотен adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Czech
2 entries- neochotný adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- zdráhající se adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Dutch
4 entries- aarzelend adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- afkerig adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- weifelend adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- weigerachtig adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Esperanto
1 entries- hezitema adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Finnish
2 entries- haluton adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- vastahakoinen adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
French
2 entries- hésitant adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- réticent adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
German
1 entries- abgeneigt adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Hungarian
3 entries- kelletlen adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- vonakodik adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- átall adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Irish
2 entries- leasc adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- leisciúil adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Italian
3 entries- restio adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- riluttante adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- ritroso adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Māori
1 entries- koto adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Portuguese
3 entries- hesitante adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- relutante adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- reticente adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Romanian
2 entries- ezitant adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- reticent adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Russian
2 entries- нежелающий adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- неохотный adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Scots
2 entries- laith adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- sweirt adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- leisg adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Spanish
2 entries- poco dispuesto adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
- reticente adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Turkish
1 entries- isteksiz adj (averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Sir Robert Saville writing to Sir Robert Cotton, appointing an interview with the founder of the Bodleian Library, cautions Sir Robert, that “If he held any book so dear as that he would be loath to lose it, he should not let Sir Thomas out of his sight, but set ‘the boke’ aside beforehand.”
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AI companies are loath to reveal their secret sauce.
Source: tatoeba (13012012)
Now, imposing such tariffs or trade barriers and restrictions of any kind are steps that I am loath to take. And in a moment I'll mention the sound economic reasons for this: that over the long run such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer. But the Japanese semiconductors were a special case.
Source: tatoeba (13540805)
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