Definition of reluctant Reluctant

/ɹɪlʌˈktʌnt/ - [riluktunt] - re•luc•tant

We found 9 definitions of reluctant from 5 different sources.

What does reluctant mean?

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Adjective
reluctant - not eager; "foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him"
		uneager lacking interest or spirit or animation; "decrepit, colorless uneager things"
reluctant - disinclined to become involved; "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help"
		disinclined unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval; "disinclined to say anything to anybody"
reluctant - unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"
		loath, loth
		unwilling in spite of contrary volition

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Wiktionary

reluctant (Adjective)
Opposing; offering resistance to.
reluctant (Adjective)
Not wanting to take some action; unwilling.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

reluctant (a.)
Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.
reluctant (a.)
Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

reluctant
Lacking desire or willingness.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

reluctant
rē-luk′tant, adj. struggling or striving against: unwilling: disinclined.—v.i. Rēluct′, to make resistance.—ns. Reluc′tance, Reluc′tancy, state of being reluctant: unwillingness.—adv. Reluc′tantly.—v.i. Reluc′tāte, to be reluctant.—n. Reluctā′tion, repugnance. [L. reluctans, -antis, pr.p. of reluctāri—re-, against, luctāri, to struggle.]

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