reluctant
21reluctant — adjective 1) when it came to trying something new, her parents were usually reluctant Syn: unwilling, disinclined, unenthusiastic, resistant, resisting, opposed; hesitant Ant: willing, eager 2) a reluctant smile Sy …
22reluctant — adjective /ɹɪˈlʌktənt/ a) Opposing; offering resistance (to). 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… …
23reluctant — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. disinclined, loath, hesitant, unwilling, averse, opposed, backward, laggard, remiss, slack, squeamish, demurring, grudging, involuntary, uncertain, hanging back, hesitating, diffident, with bad grace, indisposed,… …
24reluctant — [17] To be reluctant about doing something is etymologically to ‘struggle against’ it. The word comes from the present participle of Latin reluctārī, a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘against’ and luctārī ‘struggle’. Among the first… …
25reluctant — [17] To be reluctant about doing something is etymologically to ‘struggle against’ it. The word comes from the present participle of Latin reluctārī, a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘against’ and luctārī ‘struggle’. Among the first… …
26reluctant — adjective unwilling and hesitant; disinclined. Derivatives reluctantly adverb Origin C17 (in the sense offering opposition ): from L. reluctant , reluctari struggle against …
27reluctant*/ — [rɪˈlʌktənt] adj not willing to do something She was reluctant to leave.[/ex] reluctance noun [U] reluctantly adv …
28reluctant — adj. (often foll. by to + infin.) unwilling or disinclined (most reluctant to agree). Derivatives: reluctance n. reluctantly adv. Etymology: L reluctari (as RE , luctari struggle) …
29Reluctant Bride — is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass and starring John Carroll, Virginia Bruce, Brian Oulton, Kay Callard and Arthur Lowe.External links*imdb title|0048549 …
30reluctant to punish — index placable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
