KJV Dictionary Definition: loth

loth

LOTH, a. In America, the primitive pronunciation of lath, that is, lawth, is retained in the adjective, which is written loth. The verb would be better written lothe, in analogy with cloth, clothe. See Loth.

Disliking; unwilling; reluctant. He was loth to leave the company. See Loth.

lothe

LOTHE, v.t. To hate; to look on with hatred or abhorrence; particularly, to feel disgust at food or drink, either from natural antipathy, or a sickly appetite, or from satiety, or from its ill taste. See Lothe.

lothed

LO'THED, pp. Hatred; abhorred; turned from with disgust.

lothful

LO'THFUL, a.

1. Hating; abhorring.

Which he did with lothful eyes behold.

2. Disgusting; hated; exciting abhorrence.

Above the reach of lothful sinful lust.

lothing

LO'THING, ppr.

1. Feeling disgust at; having extreme aversion to; as lothing food.

2. Hating; abhorring; as lothing sin.

LO'THING, n. Extreme disgust; abhorrence. Ezek. 14.

lothingly

LO'THINGLY, adv. With extreme disgust or abhorrence; in a fastidious manner.

lothness

LOTH'NESS, n. Unwillingness; reluctance.

There grew among them a general silence and lothness to speak.