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1. (adj.) reluctant
unwilling; disinclined:
a reluctant candidate.
2. reluctant
marked by hesitation or slowness because of unwillingness:
a reluctant promise.
Etymology: (1655–65; < L reluctant-, s. of reluctāns, prp. of reluctārī. See reluct , -ant)
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| Definition of 'reluctant' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) loath, loth, reluctant
unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
"a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"
2. (adj) reluctant
disinclined to become involved
"they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help"
3. (adj) reluctant
not eager
"foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him"
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1. (adjective) reluctant
unwilling to do sth
a reluctant smile; I'm reluctant to tell anyone yet.; her reluctance to admit she was wrong
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) reluctant
striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth
2. (adj) reluctant
proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience
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Sense: unwilling
He was reluctant to accept the medal for his bravery.
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 Afrikaans: onwillig |
 Arabic: مُمانِع، غَيْر راغِب |
 Bulgarian: неохотен |
 Brazilian: relutante |
 Czech: zdráhavý |
 German: widerstrebend |
 Danish: uvillig |
 Greek: διστακτικός, απρόθυμος |
 Spanish: renuente, reacio |
 Estonian: tõrges |
 Farsi: بی میل |
 Finnish: haluton |
 French: peu disposé à |
 Hebrew: אֵינוֹ מְגָלֶה רצוֹן |
 Hindi: अनिच्छुक |
 Croatian: nesklon, protiv volje |
 Hungarian: vonakodó |
 Indonesian: enggan |
 Icelandic: tregur,ófús |
 Italian: riluttante |
 Japanese: いやいやの |
 Korean: 마음이 내키지 않는 |
 Lithuanian: nenorintis |
 Latvian: Viņš nevēlējās. |
 Malay: berat hati |
 Dutch: onwillig |
 Norwegian: mot-/uvillig, nølende |
 Polish: niechętny |
 Persian: بی میل |
 Pashto: بى ميله، بىميلى، مخالفت، |
 Portuguese: relutante |
 Romanian: şovăitor, ezitant |
 Russian: неохотный |
 Slovak: zdráhavý, neochotný |
 Slovenian: nenaklonjen |
 Serbian: nerad |
 Swedish: ovillig, motvillig |
 Thai: ไม่เต็มใจ |
 Turkish: isteksiz, gönülsüz |
 Taiwanese: 不情願的 |
 Ukrainian: неохочий |
 Urdu: نا رضامند |
 Vietnamese: miễn cưỡng |
 Chinese: 不愿意的 |
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