be+disinclined+or+averse+or+reluctant
81loath — adjective they were loath to take risks Syn: reluctant, unwilling, disinclined, ill disposed; averse, opposed, resistant Ant: willing …
82balky — *contrary, restive, perverse, froward, wayward Analogous words: hesitant, reluctant, averse, loath, *disinclined, indisposed: *obstinate, stubborn, mulish: refractory, recalcitrant, *unruly Contrasted words: amenable, docile, tractable, *obedient …
83hesitant — reluctant, loath, averse, indisposed, *disinclined Analogous words: *fearful, afraid, apprehensive: diffident, *shy, bashful: recoiling, flinching, blenching, shrinking (see RECOIL) Contrasted words: *eager, avid, keen: resolute, steadfast,… …
84backward — adv 1. rearward, towards the back, in reverse, vice versa, upside down, topsyturvy, inside out, back in front; crablike, retrocessive ly, retrogressively, regressively, Scot, and North. Eng. backlins; Naut. aback, Naut. abaft, Naut. aft, Naut.… …
85grudging — adj reluctant, not in the mood, with regret, regretting, half hearted; unwilling, averse, loath, opposed; indisposed, disinclined, unacquies cent …
86indisposed — adj 1. sick, sickly, sickened, ill, ailing, valetudinarian; unhealthy, unsound, unwell, squeamish, queasy; in a bad way, on the sick list, Inf. under the weather, Inf. out of sorts, not up to snuff, Inf. on the blink; laid up, bedridden, confined …
87involuntary — adj 1. independent, automatic, spontaneous, uncontrolled, reflex, mechanical, conditioned. 2. unconscious, instinctive, impulsive, subliminal, Sl. gut; unthinking, unwitting, blind; unintentional, undeliberate, indeliberate, unpremeditated,… …
88repugnant — adj 1. fulsome, noisome, obnoxious, rank; revolting, repellent, repulsive; distasteful, disgusting, aversive, offensive, funny as a crutch; objectionable, disagreeable, undesirable, unpleasant; nauseating, nauseous, sickening, unsavory,… …
89shy — I adj 1. bashful, diffident, retiring, reserved, backward, unconfident, Archaic. verecund, Scot, and North Eng. blate; shrinking, withdrawn, distant, Inf. introverted, unsocial, unsociable; modest, meek, demure, coy; self conscious, constrained;… …
90unapt — adj 1. unfit, unsuitable, out of character, out of keeping; unappropriate, inapposite, malapropos, out of place, inapplicable; unfitted, unsuited, ill adapted, incompatible, uncongenial; improper, unbefitting, unmeet, incorrect, unseemly,… …
