Synonyms for reluctant

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ri-luhk-tuhnt

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈlʌk tənt

Top 10 synonyms for reluctant

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Définition of reluctant

Origin : "unwilling," 1660s, from Latin reluctantem (nominative reluctans), present participle of reluctari (see reluctance). Related: Reluctantly. Cf. Spanish reluchante, Italian riluttante.

adj unenthusiastic, unwilling

Example sentences :

They both said that they were reluctant to send him to prison.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

Yes, his voice was reluctant; but he went at once towards the house and disappeared.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

The Hermit is silent; for, as we have said, he is reluctant in making such confessions.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

When the price of wool is high, the farmers are too reluctant to sell off their sheep, and thus become liable to an overstock.
Extract from : « Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866 » by Henry Howland Crapo

But such disturbers of the order of thought Hegel is reluctant to acknowledge.
Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato

Pearson was reluctant, but he could think of no reasonable excuse.
Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I did not know then that Mildred was reluctant to extinguish the last spark of hope in me.
Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

Thither I allowed her to lead me, at once eager and reluctant.
Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini

"Oh, we're celebrating," he said, rubbing his hands over the reluctant blaze.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

He was reluctant to exhaust a cartridge unless it was an absolute necessity.
Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby

Antonyms for reluctant

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