Despair vs Loath - What's the difference?
despair | loath |
(obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
* Milton
(obsolete) To cause to despair.
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
* Bible, 2 Corinthians i. 8
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
That which is despaired of.
unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined
* 1911 , (Jack London), The Whale Tooth
*:The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue.
(obsolete) hostile, angry, loathsome, unpleasant
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between despair and loath
is that despair is (obsolete) to cause to despair while loath is (obsolete) hostile, angry, loathsome, unpleasant.As a verb despair
is (obsolete) to give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.As a noun despair
is loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.As an adjective loath is
unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined.despair
English
Verb
(en verb)- I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
- We despaired even of life.
Noun
- He turned around in despair , aware that he was not going to survive
Synonyms
* desperation * despondency * hopelessnessAnagrams
* aspired * diapers * praisedloath
English
Alternative forms
* loth (mostly UK)Adjective
(er)- I was loath to return to the office without the Henderson file.