'Reluctant' definitions:
Definition of 'reluctant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake" [syn: loath, loth, reluctant]
adjective
Disinclined to become involved; "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help"
adjective
Not eager; "foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him"
Definition of 'Reluctant'
From: GCIDE
- Reluctant \Re*luc"tant\ (-tant), a. [L. reluctans, -antis, p. pr. of reluctari. See Reluct.]
- 1. Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth. [1913 Webster]
- Reluctant, but in vain. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Reluctant now I touched the trembling string. --Tickell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience. --Mitford. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Averse; unwilling; loth; disinclined; repugnant; backward; coy. See Averse. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reluctant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afraid,
- ambling,
- antagonistic,
- apathetic,
- averse,
- backward,
- balking,
- balky,
- calculating,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- circumspect,
- claudicant,
- complaining,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- deliberate,
- dilatory,
- disinclined,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- easy,
- faltering,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- fractious,
- gentle,
- gradual,
- grudging,
- halting,
- hesitant,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- idle,
- indifferent,
- indisposed,
- indolent,
- laggard,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lazy,
- leery,
- leisurely,
- limping,
- loath,
- lumbering,
- moderate,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- opposed,
- perfunctory,
- poking,
- poky,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- relaxed,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- restive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- sauntering,
- shuffling,
- shy,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow as death,
- slow as molasses,
- slow as slow,
- slow to,
- slow-crawling,
- slow-foot,
- slow-going,
- slow-legged,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- slow-poky,
- slow-running,
- slow-sailing,
- slow-stepped,
- sluggish,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- staggering,
- strolling,
- tentative,
- toddling,
- tortoiselike,
- tottering,
- trudging,
- turtlelike,
- uncooperative,
- uneager,
- unenthusiastic,
- unhurried,
- unsubmissive,
- unwilling,
- unyielding,
- unzealous,
- up in arms,
- waddling,
- wary,
- withstanding