Reluctant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Unwilling; disinclined: reluctant to help.
  • adj. Exhibiting or marked by unwillingness: a reluctant smile.
  • adj. Offering resistance; opposing.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Opposing; offering resistance (to).
  • adj. Not wanting to take some action; unwilling.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.
  • adj. Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Strivingagainst some opposing force; struggling or resisting.
  • Struggling against some requirement, demand, or duty; unwilling; acting with repugnance; loath; as, he was very reluctant to go.
  • Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with unwillingness: as, reluctant obedience.
  • Not readily brought to any specified behavior or action.
  • Synonyms Averse, Reluctant (see averse), disinclined, opposed, backward, slow.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
  • adj. not eager
  • adj. disinclined to become involved
    • Equivalent
    unwilling    uneager    disinclined   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    loth    unwilling    disinclined    backward    repugnant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    unwilling    uneasy    anxious    wary    angry   
     
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