reluctant Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
loath; loth.
- a reluctant smile
- loath to admit a mistake
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adjective satellite disinclined to become involved
- they were usually reluctant to socialize
- reluctant to help
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adjective satellite not eager
- foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways
- fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him
WordNet
Re*luc"tant adjective
Etymology
L.Definitions
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Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth. Reluctant, but in vain. Milton.
Reluctant now I touched the trembling string. Tickell.
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Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; Mitford.as, .reluctant obedienceSyn. -- Averse; unwilling; loth; disinclined; repugnant; backward; coy. See Averse .