Reluctant Definition

rĭ-lŭktənt
adjective
Opposed in mind (to do something); unwilling; disinclined.
Webster's New World
Marked by unwillingness.
A reluctant answer.
Webster's New World
Struggling against; resisting; opposing.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Reluctant

  • From Latin reluctans, present participle of reluctare, reluctari (“to struggle against, oppose, resist"), from re- (“back") + luctari (“to struggle").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin reluctāns reluctant- present participle of reluctārī to reluct reluct

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Reluctant Sentence Examples

  • He was reluctant to commit to the additional expense.

  • And yet, she was reluctant to say anything to church members - even family members.

  • It was a reluctant farewell.

  • The committee seemed strangely reluctant to hold the auction.

  • There was another way, but after what had happened today, she was reluctant to bring it up.

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Words Starting With

RREREL

Words Ending With

TNTANT

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Words Starting With R and Ending With T

Starts With R & Ends With TStarts With RE & Ends With TStarts With R & Ends With NT

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With R9 Letter Words Ending With T
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