loathful

English

Etymology

From Middle English lothful, loothful, equivalent to loath +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈləʊθfəl/

Adjective

loathful (comparative more loathful, superlative most loathful)

1. Full of loathing; hating; abhorring.
   • 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:

     loathful eyes

2. Causing a feeling of loathing; loathsome.
   • 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:

     Above the reach of loathful, sinful lust

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “loathful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)