Dictionary Entry
reluctant
reluctant is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.
- 2adjective
Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience.
- 3adjective
not eager
"foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways"
"fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him"
- 4adjective
disinclined to become involved
"they were usually reluctant to socialize"
"reluctant to help"
- 5adjective
unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
"a reluctant smile"
"loath to admit a mistake"
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