Disinclination

  • 21disinclination — dis·in·cli·na·tion || ‚dɪsɪnklɪ neɪʃn n. reluctance, unwillingness …

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  • 22disinclination — noun a reluctance or unwillingness to do something …

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  • 23disinclination — n. Indisposition, reluctance, repugnance, aversion, unwillingness …

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  • 24disinclination — n reluctance, hesitance, lack of desire, indisposition, unwillingness, averseness, loathness; objection, demur, opposition, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, resistance, renitence, renitency. 2. distaste, dislike, disrelish, aversion, repugnance,… …

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  • 25disinclination — dis·inclination …

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  • 26disinclination — dis•in•cli•na•tion [[t]dɪsˌɪn kləˈneɪ ʃən, ˌdɪs ɪn [/t]] n. the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness • Etymology: 1640–50 …

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  • 27disinclination — /ˌdɪsɪnkləˈneɪʃən/ (say .disinkluh nayshuhn) noun the absence of inclination; averseness; distaste; unwillingness …

  • 28reluctant — reluctantly, adv. /ri luk teuhnt/, adj. 1. unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate. 2. struggling in opposition. [1655 65; < L reluctant (s. of reluctans), prp. of reluctari. See RELUCT, ANT] Syn. 1. RELUCTANT, LOATH, AVERSE describe&#8230; …

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  • 29reluctance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. unwillingness, hesitation, aversion, disinclination, dislike. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. disinclination, qualm, hesitation; see doubt 2 , objection 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The state of not&#8230; …

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  • 30reluctant — re•luc•tant [[t]rɪˈlʌk tənt[/t]] adj. 1) unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate[/ex] 2) marked by hesitation or slowness because of unwillingness: a reluctant promise[/ex] • Etymology: 1655–65; &LT; L reluctant , s. of reluctāns, prp. of&#8230; …

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