The meaning of Reluctant

adjective

Showing or feeling a strong aversion.

Usage examples:

It is human nature to be antipathetic to change

adjective

Reluctant to draw attention to oneself; shy.

Usage examples:

Everything you need to know but have been too bashful to ask

adjective

Easily embarrassed and uncomfortable; shy

Usage examples:

She gave a bashful smile when she was introduced.

adjective

(especially with reference to a woman) making a pretence of shyness or modesty which is intended to be alluring.

Usage examples:

She treated him to a coy smile of invitation

abbreviation

Company.

adjective

Acting shy, uncertain, or unwilling to say much, often in order to increase interest in something by keeping back information about it

Usage examples:

Mcintyre is coy about his future in football., she smiled coyly.

adjective

Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.

Usage examples:

A diffident youth

adjective

Shy and not confident of your abilities

Usage examples:

A diffident manner, you shouldn't be so diffident about your achievements - you've done really well!

adjective

Unwilling; reluctant.

Usage examples:

The rural community was disinclined to abandon the old ways

adjective

To not want to do something

Usage examples:

I am/feel disinclined to offer him a job if he doesn't have a degree.

adjective

Given or allowed only reluctantly or resentfully.

Usage examples:

A grudging apology

verb

Be resentfully unwilling to give or allow (something).

Usage examples:

He grudged the work and time that the meeting involved

adjective

Tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking.

Usage examples:

Clients are hesitant about buying

adjective

If you are hesitant, you do not do something immediately or quickly because you are nervous or not certain

Usage examples:

You seemed a bit hesitant about recommending that restaurant - is something wrong with it?, she gav…

adjective

Anxious to prevent or put an end to; disagreeing with.

Usage examples:

He was opposed to discrimination

verb

Disagree with and attempt to prevent, especially by argument.

Usage examples:

A majority of the electorate opposed ec membership

adjective

Disagreeing with something

Usage examples:

Mom’s strongly opposed to my learning to drive., i’d prefer to go in may, as opposed to (= rather t…

adjective

Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

Usage examples:

He is a reserved, almost taciturn man

verb

Retain for future use.

Usage examples:

Roll out half the dough and reserve the other half

adjective

Tending to keep your feelings or thoughts private rather than showing them

Usage examples:

Marcus is more reserved than his brother.

adjective

Offering resistance to something or someone.

Usage examples:

Some of the old churches are resistant to change

adjective

Not easily changed or damaged, or not accepting of (something)

Usage examples:

Fire resistant, why are you so resistant to change?

verb

Withstand the action or effect of.

Usage examples:

Antibodies help us to resist infection

noun

A resistant substance applied as a coating to protect a surface during a process, for example to prevent dye or glaze adhering.

Usage examples:

New lithographic techniques require their own special resists

verb

Present participle of resist

Usage examples:

The soldiers resisted (the enemy attacks) for two days., the party leader resisted demands for his …

adjective

Characterized by reserve or moderation; unemotional or dispassionate.

Usage examples:

His restrained, gentlemanly voice

verb

Prevent (someone or something) from doing something; keep under control or within limits.

Usage examples:

The need to restrain public expenditure

adjective

Shy and fond of being on one's own.

Usage examples:

A gentle, retiring person who avoided conflict

verb

Leave one's job and cease to work, typically on reaching the normal age for leaving service.

Usage examples:

He retired from the navy in 1986

adjective

Unwilling to be noticed or to be with other people

Usage examples:

He’s a shy, retiring sort of person.

noun

A domesticated ruminant mammal with a thick woolly coat and (typically only in the male) curving horns. it is kept in flocks for its wool or meat, and is proverbial for its tendency to follow others in the flock.

Usage examples:

Chickens and turkeys were kept both for their eggs and meat just as sheep provided wool and meat.

noun

Woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

adjective

Becoming smaller in size or amount.

Usage examples:

The shrinking market has provoked a massive price war

verb

Become or make smaller in size or amount.

Usage examples:

The workforce shrank to a thousand

adjective

Becoming smaller or less

Usage examples:

The shrinking workforce would have to support a growing number of retired people., rapidly/steadily…

adjective

Nervous or timid in the company of other people.

Usage examples:

I was pretty shy at school

verb

(especially of a horse) start suddenly aside in fright at an object, noise, or movement.

Usage examples:

Their horses shied at the unfamiliar sight

noun

A sudden startled movement, especially of a frightened horse.

adjective

Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened.

Usage examples:

I was too timid to ask for what i wanted

adjective

Showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence.

Usage examples:

A timorous voice

adjective

Nervous and without much confidence

adjective

Not having or showing enthusiasm.

Usage examples:

An unenthusiastic response

adjective

Showing little or no enthusiasm

Usage examples:

Josh seemed unenthusiastic about the plan., he was a talented but unenthusiastic student., her unen…

adjective

Not ready, eager, or prepared to do something.

Usage examples:

He was unwilling to take on that responsibility

adjective

Not wanting to do something

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] the bank was unwilling to lend her money.

adjective

Past participle of withdraw.

verb

Remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

Ruth withdrew her hand from his

adjective

(of a person) preferring to be alone and taking little interest in other people

Usage examples:

During the winter, she became depressed and withdrawn.