be+disinclined+or+averse+or+reluctant
31averse — adj 1. loath, hostile, inimical, antipathetical. 2. renitent, recalcitrant, obdurate, restive, reluctant, resistant, unyielding; adverse, unwilling, disinclined, indisposed, hesitant; opposed, against, counter, contrary, conflicting, protesting;… …
32disinclined — adj reluctant, not in the mood, indisposed, unwilling, loath; averse, antipathetic, opposed, recalcitrant, resistant, renitent …
33reluctant — adj 1. unwilling, disinclined, indisposed, demurring, loath, averse; hesitant, hanging back, faltering, laggard; cautious, chary, careful, circumspect, wary, leery. 2. opposed, dissenting, oppugnant, antagonistic, antipathetic; contrary,… …
34averse — adjective Syn: opposed, hostile, antagonistic, resistant, disinclined, reluctant, loath; informal anti Ant: keen …
35adverse, averse — Occasionally confused. Averse means reluctant or disinclined (think of aversion). Adverse means hostile and antagonistic (think of adversary) …
36loath — *disinclined, indisposed, averse, hesitant, reluctant Analogous words: *adverse, averse: *antipathetic, unsympathetic, averse Antonyms: anxious Contrasted words: *eager, keen, avid: desiring or desirous, wishing, wanting (see corresponding verbs… …
37unwillingness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Indisposition Nouns unwillingness, indisposition, disinclination, aversion, dislike; nolleity, nolition, renitence; reluctance; indocility, obstinacy, noncompliance, refusal; scrupulousness,… …
38dislike — I. n. Disinclination, aversion, distaste, disrelish, antipathy, repugnance, displeasure, disgust. II. v. a. Disrelish, have an aversion to, be disinclined or averse or reluctant, disapprove, hold in disfavor …
39indisposed — *disinclined, loath, averse, hesitant, reluctant Analogous words: inimical, hostile, antagonistic, antipathetic (see corresponding nouns at ENMITY) Antonyms: disposed Contrasted words: *eager, avid, keen, anxious: friendly, *amicable, neighborly …
40adverse — , averse Adverse means hostile and antagonistic (think of adversary). Averse means reluctant or disinclined (think of aversion) …
