Keen and Loath

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Keen adjective - Showing urgent desire or interest.

Usage example: a keen hunger for fame and fortune in the fashion industry

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Loath is an antonym for keen.

Nearby Words: keenness, keenly

Loath adjective - Slow to begin or proceed with a course of action because of doubts or uncertainty.

Usage example: I was loath to accept his claim of having climbed Mount Everest

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Keen is an antonym for loath in unwilling topic.

Nearby Words: loathsome, loathing, loathed, loathly

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Loath and Keen. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keen/loath

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