Antonyms for be reluctant
| Grammar : Verb |
- admire
- adore
- advance
- agree
- allow
- approve
- attack
- be content
- be generous
- be happy
- carry on
- cherish
- commend
- compliment
- continue
- do well
- endorse
- expedite
- face
- favor
- flatter
- forgive
- give
- go
- go ahead
- go along
- grant
- hasten
- hurry
- laud
- like
- love
- meet
- not care
- offer
- persevere
- persist
- praise
- remain
- resolve
- rush
- sanction
- stay
Definition of be reluctant
- As in scruple : verb balk, have misgivings
- As in begrudge : verb wish that someone did not have
- As in grudge : verb feel resentful; give unwillingly
- As in hate : verb dislike very strongly
- As in hesitate : verb wait; be uncertain
Synonyms for be reluctant
- abhor
- abominate
- allergic to
- alternate
- anathematize
- balance
- balk
- be disgusted with
- be hostile to
- be irresolute
- be jealous
- be loath
- be reluctant
- be repelled by
- be sick of
- be sorry
- be stingy
- be unwilling
- bear a grudge against
- begrudge
- blow hot and cold
- boggle
- can't stand
- complain
- contemn
- covet
- curse
- dally
- debate
- defer
- delay
- demur
- deny
- deprecate
- deride
- despise
- detest
- dillydally
- disapprove
- disdain
- disfavor
- disparage
- dither
- doubt
- down on
- eat one's heart out
- envy
- equivocate
- execrate
- falter
- feel malice to
- flounder
- fluctuate
- fret
- fumble
- gag
- grudge
- hang
- hang back
- have an aversion to
- have enough of
- have no use for
- have qualms
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hesitate
- hold back
- hold off
- hover
- linger
- loathe
- look down on
- mind
- nauseate
- not care for
- object to
- oscillate
- pause
- pinch
- ponder
- pull back
- pussyfoot
- question
- recoil from
- refuse
- resent
- scorn
- scruple
- seesaw
- shift
- shrink
- shudder at
- shun
- shy
- shy away
- sit on fence
- spit upon
- spurn
- stammer
- stick
- stickle
- stint
- stop
- straddle
- stumble
- stutter
- swerve
- tergiversate
- think about
- think twice
- think twice about
- vacillate
- waffle
- waver
- weigh
- worry
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