reluctant
31Reluctant hero — The reluctant hero is a heroic archetype described by Joseph Campbell in The Hero With a Thousand Faces :: The hero may refuse the adventure or deny the ability to move beyond the status quo. The heralded event may even be ignored – All of these… …
32reluctant landlord — n. A person who is forced to rent his house because he is unable to sell it. Example Citations: Rents are jumping up as more and more potential home buyers opt to rent, said David Newnes, LSL s estate agency managing director....Furthermore, the… …
33reluctant to depart — suggesting that the verdict of dismissal was wrong A cricket usage, where unwillingness immediately to accept the decision of the umpire is considered unsporting: He removed... Graham Gooch, who was reluctant to depart after nicking an… …
34reluctant — Synonyms and related words: afraid, ambling, antagonistic, apathetic, averse, backward, balking, balky, calculating, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, claudicant, complaining, crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, deliberate, dilatory,… …
35reluctant — re luc·tant || rɪ lÊŒktÉ™nt adj. hesitant, unwilling, disinclined, averse …
36reluctant — a. Unwilling, loath, averse, backward, disinclined, indisposed …
37reluctant — 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,… …
38reluctant — re·luc·tant …
39reluctant — adjective Syn: unwilling, disinclined, unenthusiastic, resistant, opposed, hesitant, loath Ant: willing, eager …
40reluctant — /rəˈlʌktənt / (say ruh luktuhnt) adjective 1. unwilling; disinclined. 2. Rare struggling in opposition. {Latin reluctans, present participle, struggling against} –reluctantly, adverb …
