reluctant
adjective
Origin of reluctant
Synonyms for reluctant
Antonyms for reluctant
Related Words for reluctant
slow, uncertain, hesitant, wary, shy, loath, cautious, circumspect, averse, squeamish, afraid, backward, calculating, chary, diffident, discouraged, disinclined, hesitating, indisposed, involuntaryExamples from the Web for reluctant
Contemporary Examples of reluctant
I was reluctant to ask anything too specific, because I felt like I would be asking for trouble!
Christopher Nolan Uncut: On ‘Interstellar,’ Ben Affleck’s Batman, and the Future of MankindMarlow Stern
November 10, 2014
And if candidates on the ballot this year are reluctant to campaign alongside Sanders, they are not shy about taking his money.
Bernie Sanders Is Showing Us the Socialist Way to Run for PresidentDavid Freedlander
November 3, 2014
“Even the American colleagues on site, they didn't believe it was going to work and they were reluctant,” he says.
The British public has been reluctant to get involved again in a Middle Eastern war, just as the American public was.
Is there any recent precedent for a reluctant but strong warrior in Republican politics?
Historical Examples of reluctant
They both said that they were reluctant to send him to prison.
BunyanJames Anthony Froude
Yes, his voice was reluctant; but he went at once towards the house and disappeared.
A Spirit in PrisonRobert Hichens
The Hermit is silent; for, as we have said, he is reluctant in making such confessions.
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
When the price of wool is high, the farmers are too reluctant to sell off their sheep, and thus become liable to an overstock.
But such disturbers of the order of thought Hegel is reluctant to acknowledge.
SophistPlato