disinclined

disinclined
I adjective adverse, against, antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, aversus, balking, contrary, counter, demurring, disaffected, dissenting, dissident, faltering, grudging, hesitant, indisposed, laggard, loath, noncooperating, not in the mood, opposed, qualmish, recalcitrant, refusing, reluctant, restive, shirking, shrinking from, slow to, squeamish, unaccommodating, unconsenting, uncooperative, unenthusiastic, uninclined, unpersuadable, unpersuaded, unreconciled, unwilling, unzealous II index adverse (hostile), averse, dissident, reluctant, renitent, restive

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  • disinclined — adj Disinclined, indisposed, hesitant, reluctant, loath, averse mean manifesting neither the will nor the desire to do or to have anything to do with something indicated or understood. Disinclined implies a lack of taste or inclination for… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • disinclined — (adj.) 1640s, from DIS (Cf. dis ) + INCLINE (Cf. incline) (v.). Related: Disinclined …   Etymology dictionary

  • disinclined — [adj] unwilling afraid, antipathetic, averse, backward, balking, doubtful, dubious, hesitating, indisposed, loath, not in the mood*, objecting, opposed, protesting, reluctant, resistant, shy, shying, slow, sticking, uneager, unsympathetic;… …   New thesaurus

  • disinclined — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ reluctant; unwilling …   English terms dictionary

  • disinclined — [dis΄inklīnd′] adj. unwilling; reluctant SYN. RELUCTANT …   English World dictionary

  • disinclined — adjective Date: 1647 unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval Synonyms: disinclined, hesitant, reluctant, loath, averse mean lacking the will or desire to do something indicated. disinclined implies lack of taste for or inclination …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • disinclined — adj. (cannot stand alone) disinclined to + inf. (he seems disinclined to put up resistance) * * * (cannot stand alone) disinclined to + int. (he seems disinclined to put up resistance) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • disinclined — [[t]dɪ̱sɪnkla͟ɪnd[/t]] ADJ: v link ADJ, usu ADJ to inf If you are disinclined to do something, you do not want to do it. [FORMAL] He was disinclined to talk about himself, especially to his students... They are disinclined to use violence because …   English dictionary

  • Disinclined — Disincline Dis in*cline , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinclined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinclining}.] To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate. [1913 Webster] Careful . . . to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • disinclined — dis|in|clined [ˌdısınˈklaınd] adj be/feel disinclined to do sth formal to be unwilling to do something = ↑reluctant ▪ I was disinclined to talk to Stephen about it …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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