Definitions for reluctant
rɪˈlʌk təntre·luc·tant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 4 votes

1. loath, loth, reluctantadjective

   unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom

   "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"

2. reluctantadjective

   disinclined to become involved

   "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help"

3. reluctantadjective

   not eager

   "foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. reluctantadjective

   Opposing; offering resistance (to).

2. reluctantadjective

   Not wanting to take some action; unwilling.

   She was reluctant to lend him the money

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reluctantadjective

   Unwilling; acting with repugnance.

   Etymology: reluctans, Lat.

   Reluctant; but in vain! a greater pow’r
   Now rul’d him. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x.

   Some refuge in the muse’s art I found;
   Reluctant now I touch’d the trembling string
   Bereft of him, who taught me how to sing. Thomas Tickell.

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1. reluctant

   Reluctant refers to being unwilling or hesitant to do something, generally arising from fear, dislike or unwillingness. It expresses a lack of enthusiasm or resistance towards a particular action or situation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Reluctantadjective

   striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth

2. Reluctantadjective

   proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Reluctant

   rē-luk′tant, adj. struggling or striving against: unwilling: disinclined.—v.i. Rēluct′, to make resistance.—ns. Reluc′tance, Reluc′tancy, state of being reluctant: unwillingness.—adv. Reluc′tantly.—v.i. Reluc′tāte, to be reluctant.—n. Reluctā′tion, repugnance. [L. reluctans, -antis, pr.p. of reluctāri—re-, against, luctāri, to struggle.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'reluctant' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4395

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'reluctant' in Adjectives Frequency: #595

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of reluctant in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of reluctant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of reluctant in a Sentence

1. Sanford Bernstein analyst Sara Senatore:

   Consumers are generally reluctant to make changes to their morning routine.

2. Mark Lemley:

   While courts are reluctant to define single-brand markets, it seems appropriate to do so here, if you own an iPhone, you can only buy apps through the Apple App Store... People aren't going to switch phone ecosystems based on the availability of a single app.

3. Andrew Chamberlain:

   They might be reluctant to leave those new sectors and move back over into Darden Restaurants -LRB- DRI -RRB- because of the turmoil over the past year.

4. Mark Lynas:

   It can not be entirely coincidental that many of those reluctant to attend COP in person happen to lead countries that are high emitters or producers of fossil fuels.

5. Michael Spencer:

   Almost uniformly, from central banks and international organizations, what I hear is that the Chinese side is reluctant to engage.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=reluctant
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reluctant
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=reluctant
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reluctant
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=reluctant