English-French translations for loath

• hésitant
• réticent
  Je ne cache pas qu'au début de nos débats certains collègues étaient réticents à imposer à l'industrie financière de nouvelles contraintes de prudence. I will not conceal the fact that, at the start of our debates, some of my honourable colleagues were loath to impose new prudential constraints on the financial sector.

Definition of loath

• Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling
• Angry, hostile#Noun|hostile

Examples

• I was loath to return to the office without the Henderson file

Related words

• loathing