Definition of reluctant
Adjectives
unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
"a reluctant smile"
disinclined to become involved
"they were usually reluctant to socialize"
"reluctant to help"
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disinclined
unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval
not eager
"foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways"
"fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him"
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uneager
lacking interest or spirit or animation
Vocabulary Lists for reluctant
Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 1-12 »(287 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
- incommodious
- cogitate
- endue
- immolate
- commiserate
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Intro + Chapters 1-7 »(650 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
- embroider
- imbue
- ignominy
- decapitate
- scaffold
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 16-24 »(619 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
- estranged
- scaffold
- gesticulate
- pillory
- stigma
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Chapters 6-9 »(242 words)
Vocabulary study list for F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The...
- addendum
- meretricious
- embroider
- amorphous
- septic
T.H. White's "The Once and Future King" Chapters 1-10 »(279 words)
Vocabulary study list for T.H. White's "The Once and...
- bedraggle
- organon
- undulate
- scratchy
- vacuous