Loath vs Avid - What's the difference?
loath | avid |
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
enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy
* 1996 , , Oyster , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 3
As adjectives the difference between loath and avid
is that loath is unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined while avid is enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy.loath
English
Alternative forms
* loth (mostly UK)Adjective
(er)- I was loath to return to the office without the Henderson file.
Usage notes
* Often confused in meaning and pronunciation with loathe, a related transitive verb. * This spelling is about four times as common as "loth" in the UK and fifty times as common in the US.Synonyms
* unwilling, reluctant, averse, disinclinedAnagrams
*avid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm an avid reader.
- We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.