Reluctant

What do we mean by reluctant?

Unwilling; disinclined. adjective

Exhibiting or marked by unwillingness. adjective

Offering resistance; opposing. adjective

Striving against 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.

Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth. adjective

Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance. adjective

Opposing; offering resistance (to). adjective

Not wanting to take some action; unwilling. adjective

Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom adjective

Not eager adjective

Disinclined to become involved adjective

Opposing; offering resistance (to).

Not wanting to take some action; unwilling.

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Words that are spelled similarly to reluctant:
reluctant, reductant, resultant, reluctance, reactant, reluctancy, unreluctant, relucent, elutant, reluctate, electant, relucting.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word reluctant:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe reluctant:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective reluctant:
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Words that sound like reluctant:
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