reluctant | ||
1. | [ adjective ] unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom | |
Synonyms: | loth loath | |
Examples: | "a reluctant smile" "loath to admit a mistake" "unwilling to face facts" |
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Related terms: | unwilling | |
2. | [ adjective ] unwilling to become involved | |
Examples: | "they were usually reluctant to socialize" "reluctant to help" |
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Related terms: | disinclined | |
3. | [ adjective ] not eager | |
Examples: | "foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways" "fresh from college and uneager for the moment to marry him" "reluctant to help" |
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Related terms: | uneager | |
Similar spelling: |
reluctantly reluctance reelect reluctivity relict reelection realist |