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reluctant Adjective unwilling or disinclined reluctantly adv
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reluctant adjective unwilling, slow, backward, grudging, hesitant, averse, recalcitrant, loath, disinclined, unenthusiastic, indisposed << OPPOSITE willing USAGE Reticent is quite commonly used nowadays as a synonym of reluctant and followed by to and a verb. In careful writing it is advisable to avoid this use, since many people would regard it as mistaken. Translations reluctant [rɪˈlʌktənt] reluctance adj → unwillig, widerwillig; I'm reluctant to do that reluctance → es widerstrebt mir, das zu tun adj reluctant [rəˈlaktənt] unwilling He was reluctant to accept the medal for his bravery. onwillig مُمانِع، غَيْر راغِب неохотен zdráhavý uvillig widerstrebend διστακτικός, απρόθυμος renuente, reacio tõrges بی میل vastahakoinen peu disposé à אֵינוֹ מְגָלֶה רצוֹן अनिच्छुक nesklon, protiv volje vonakodó enggan tregur, ófús riluttante いやいやの 내키지 않는, 꺼리는 nenorintis Viņš nevēlējās. berat hati onwillig mot-/uvillig, nølende niechętny relutante şovăitor, ezitant неохотный zdráhavý, neochotný nenaklonjen nerad ovillig, motvillig ไม่เต็มใจ isteksiz, gönülsüz 不願意的 неохочий نا رضامند miễn cưỡng 不愿意的 adv reˈluctantly onwillig بِتَرَدُّد неохотно neochotně uvilligt widerstrebend απρόθυμα reaciamente, renuentemente tõrksalt با بی میلی vastahakoisesti à contrecœur בְּאִי רָצוֹן अनिच्छा से nerado, protiv volje vonakodva dengan enggan ófúslega, treglega controvoglia いやいや 마지못해 nenoriai negribīgi, nelabprāt dengan berat hati onwillig motvillig, nølende niechętnie relutantemente şovăitor, ezitant неохотно zdráhavo nenaklonjeno nerado ovilligt, motvilligt ซึ่งไม่เต็มใจ isteksizce, gönülsüzce 不樂意地 неохоче بے دلی سے miễn cưỡng 不乐意地 n reˈluctance I don't understand his reluctance to go. onwilligheid تَرَدُّد неохота váhání uvilje das Widerstreben απροθυμία, δισταγμός renuencia tõrksus اکراه؛ بیزاری vastahakoisuus répugnance אִי רָצוֹן अनिच्छा nevoljkost, oklijevanje vonakodás keengganan tregða riluttanza 気が進まないこと 꺼림 nenoras nevēlēšanās keberatan onwilligheid motvillighet, nøling niechęć relutância ezitare нежелание váhanie, nechuť upiranje oklevanje ovillighet, motvillighet ความไม่เต็มใจ isteksizlik, gönülsüzlük 不樂意 неохота, небажання نا پسند ید گی sự miễn cưỡng 不乐意 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He took his hat and went out, with a dragging, reluctant step. Katavasov went back to his own carriage, and with reluctant hypocrisy reported to Sergey Ivanovitch his observations of the volunteers, from which it would appear that they were capital fellows. said I, for he was gazing intently at the shrubs, as if he saw it coming, and I was reluctant to leave him, in my new-found happiness and revival of hope and love. |
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