Definition of reluctant

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Reluctant (a.) Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience..

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Loath :: Loath (a.) Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part..
Reluctant :: Reluctant (a.) Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.
Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. t.) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
Averse :: Averse (a.) Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant.
Backward :: Backward (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
Linger :: Linger (a.) To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
Loathly :: Loathly (adv.) Unwillingly; reluctantly.
Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.
Unwilling :: Unwilling (a.) Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant..
Reluctancy :: Reluctancy (n.) The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against..
Reluctantly :: Reluctantly (adv.) In a reluctant manner.
Scruple :: Scruple (v. i.) To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience..
Grudge :: Grudge (v. i.) To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.
Involuntary :: Involuntary (a.) Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission..
Reluctant :: Reluctant (a.) Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience..
Ready :: Ready (superl.) Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.
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