loathnessn.
/ˈləʊθnɪs/ The quality or condition of being loath.† 1. In various senses of loath adj.: Harmfulness, enmity; unpleasantness. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > [noun]
heteeOE
nitheeOE
fiendshipc900
hatingOE
hatec1175
loathnessc1175
foeshipa1200
hatreda1225
foredenc1275
bitterhead1340
enmityc1380
bitternessa1382
haynec1386
enemy1398
heart-burningc1425
affection1485
dislovea1533
pique1532
haturea1563
animosity1568
foehood?1578
animoseness1730
hard feeling1803
dispeace1825
needle1874
bad mind1939
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > quality
loathnessc1175
grievousness1303
malicea1382
noyfulnessa1398
mischievousness1567
harmfulnessa1586
balefulness1590
illnessc1595
hurt1608
hurtfulness1611
mischief1646
noxiousness1655
deleteriousness1758
maleficence1796
vice1837
bale-fire1855
disutility1879
nocuousness1894
disvalue1925
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness
loathnessc1175
offencec1425
noisomeness1506
unlusta1529
unpleasantness1546
displeasantness1547
discomfortableness1585
unlovelinessa1586
illnessc1595
unwelcome1603
unpleasingness1611
offensiveness1618
injucundity1623
disagreeableness1648
displeasingnessa1652
undelightfulness1653
distastefulness1654
beeishness1674
undesirableness1675
uncomfortableness1677
ungratefulnessa1680
unwelcomeness1682
nastiness1718
unkedness1727
disagreeability1788
unpleasantry1799
unpleasantry1810
grit1876
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 95 He wes dreihninde on þissere worlde..mid nane laðnesse and mid sibsumnesse.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 139 He..haueð..loðnesse of ham alle ase ieremie witneð. omnes amici eius spreuerunt eam.
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 1229/1 You tel me the lothnes of the losse, and the comfort of the keeping.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2949 It ledis vnto laithnes and vnlefe werkes.
2. Reluctance; disinclination. Const. to with infinitive; rarely of with gerund.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [noun]
un-i-willa1225
unlustc1230
dangerc1290
loathnessa1300
thronessa1400
grudgingc1420
nilling?a1425
unlustiness?a1425
loathinessc1449
difficulty?c1450
grudge1477
sticking1525
scruple1526
unreadiness1526
sweerness1533
dangerousness1548
untowardnessa1555
envy1557
loathsomeness1560
retractation1563
stickling1589
indisposition1593
loathfulness1596
backwardness1597
unwillingness1597
reluctation1598
offwardness1600
undisposedness1600
hinka1614
reluctancy1621
reluctancea1628
renitence1640
nolencea1651
nolencya1651
indisposedness1651
shyness1651
nolition1653
costiveness1654
sullenness1659
scrupling1665
regret1667
queerness1687
stickiness1689
disinclination1695
uneasinessa1715
tarditude1794
disclination1812
inalacrity1813
grudgingness1820
tarrowing1832
reticence1863
grudgery1889
balkiness1894
safety first1913
a1300 Cursor Mundi 26589 And tell þi sins ilkan bi nam, for lathnes leue þou noght, ne scam.
1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxv Dyuers doctours alledge dyuers causes of hys heuynes and lothenes at that tyme to depart & dye.
a1547 King Henry VIII Let. in R. Fiddes Life Wolsey (1724) Collect. 175 The other shall declare and shew the Loathnes that is in him..to be displeased.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 136 The faire soule her selfe Waigh'd betweene loathnesse, and obedience. View more context for this quotation
1616 J. Hayward Sanctuarie Troubled Soule (1620) i. i. 16 How doth my resolution sticke betweene loathnesse and necessitie?
1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 545 A loathnes of running to close without clearnes.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation li. 547 The negligence or lothness of the Bishop, to prosecute them.
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