RELUCTANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reluctant mean? • RELUCTANT (adjective)
The adjective RELUCTANT has 3 senses:
1. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
2. unwilling to become involved
3. not eager
Familiarity information: RELUCTANT used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RELUCTANT (adjective)
Meaning:
Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
Synonyms:
loath; loth; reluctant
Context examples:
a reluctant smile / loath to admit a mistake / unwilling to face facts
Similar:
unwilling (not disposed or inclined toward)
Meaning:
Unwilling to become involved
Context examples:
they were usually reluctant to socialize / reluctant to help
Similar:
disinclined (unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval)
Meaning:
Not eager
Context examples:
foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways / fresh from college and uneager for the moment to marry him / reluctant to help
Similar:
uneager (lacking interest or spirit or animation)
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