What does reluctant mean in English? Meaning of reluctant definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "reluctant": unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
Adjective
Meaning: unwillingness to do something contrary to your customExample: a reluctant smile
loath to admit a mistakeSynonyms: loath
loth
reluctantSimilar: unwillingMeaning of "reluctant": disinclined to become involved
Adjective
Meaning: disinclined to become involvedExample: they were usually reluctant to socialize
reluctant to helpSynonyms: reluctantSimilar: disinclinedMeaning of "reluctant": not eager
Adjective
Meaning: not eagerExample: foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways
fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry himSynonyms: reluctantSimilar: uneagerAdjective: (now rare) Opposing; offering resistance (to). 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.108: There, breathless, with his digging nails he clung / Fast to the sand, lest the returning wave, / From whose reluctant roar his life he wrung, / Should suck him back to her insatiate grave [...]. 2008, Kern Alexander et al., The World Trade Organization and Trade in Services, p. 222: They are reluctant to the inclusion of a necessity test, especially of a horizontal nature, and emphasize, instead, the importance of procedural disciplines [...].1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.108: There, breathless, with his digging nails he clung / Fast to the sand, lest the returning wave, / From whose reluctant roar his life he wrung, / Should suck him back to her insatiate grave [...].2008, Kern Alexander et al., The World Trade Organization and Trade in Services, p. 222: They are reluctant to the inclusion of a necessity test, especially of a horizontal nature, and emphasize, instead, the importance of procedural disciplines [...].Not wanting to take some action; unwilling. She was reluctant to lend him the moneySynonyms:
slow, uncertain, hesitant, wary, shy, loath, cautious, circumspect, averse, squeamish, afraid, backward, calculating, chary, diffident, discouraged, disinclined, hesitating, indisposed, involuntary, laggard, opposed, queasy, recalcitrant, remiss, slack, tardy, demurring, disheartened, grudging, hanging back, uneager,
Antonyms:
heedless, incautious, indiscreet, rash, confident, willing, eager, enthusiastic, ready, certain, definite, sure, careless, uncareful, bold, anxious,
