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/lohdh"feuhl/, adj.1. Scot. bashful; reluctant.2. hateful; loathsome.[1400-50; late ME lothfull. See LOATH, -FUL]
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Loathful — Loath ful, a. 1. Full of loathing; hating; abhorring. Loathful eyes. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Causing a feeling of loathing; disgusting. [1913 Webster] Above the reach of loathful, sinful lust. Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
loathful — index loathsome, obnoxious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
loathful — [lōth′fəl] adj. rare var. of LOATHSOME … English World dictionary
loathful — adj. bringing about a feeling of loathing; disgusting, repulsive, loathsome; full of loathing; abhorring; reluctant (Scottish) … English contemporary dictionary
loathful — loath·ful … English syllables
loathful — thfəl adjective Etymology: Middle English lothful hateful, loathsome, reluctant, from loth evil, harm, hatred (from Old English lāth, from lāth, adjective) + ful now Scotland : shrinking, reluctant … Useful english dictionary
loathsome — I adjective abhorrent, abject, abominable, accursed, annoying, appalling, atrocious base, below contempt, beneath contempt, blameworthy, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, disliked, dissatisfactory,… … Law dictionary
obnoxious — I adjective abhorrent, abominable, annoying, antagonizing, antipathetic, base, beastly, blameworthy, censurable, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, displeasing, execrable, faulty, foul, fulsome, gross,… … Law dictionary
Painfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Capability of giving pain PARAG:Painfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 painfulness painfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 trouble trouble care &c.(pain) 828 Sgm: N 1 trial trial Sgm: N 1 affliction affliction infliction … English dictionary for students
Dislike — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dislike >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dislike dislike distaste disrelish disinclination displacency GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 reluctance reluctance Sgm: N 2 backwardness backwardness &c.(unwillingness) 603 … English dictionary for students
