Reluctant

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		MS patients with urinary problems may be reluctant to drink enough fluids, leading to constipation. (references)
		Most doctors are reluctant to operate because the outcome is unpredictable--some people still have symptoms after surgery. (references)
		You may find yourself reluctant to allow the return because you are afraid your child will become ill or you find separation difficult. (references)
Business		Most local businesses are reluctant to take bank loans for the above reasons. (references)
		Many computer companies have become reluctant to participate in specialized local trade events. (references)
		It seems clear that MII is reluctant to deploy the second generation CDMA (2G CDMA) technology. (references)
Children	Kenya	Rural families are more reluctant to invest in educating girls than in educating boys, especially at the higher levels. (references)
	Bulgaria	Some Bulgarian parents are reluctant to have too many Romani children enrolled in school because they fear it will lower the school's academic standards. (references)
	Ghana	The girls often are reluctant to report the attacks to their parents, and social pressure often prevents parents from going to the police and other authorities. (references)
Civil Liberties	Lebanon	However, many emigres are reluctant to return for a variety of political, economic, and social reasons. (references)
	Uzbekistan	Some groups have been reluctant to invest in the purchase of property without assurance that the registration would be approved. (references)
	Yugoslavia	The media practiced self-censorship and was reluctant to report on crimes perpetrated during the wars in Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo. (references)
Economic History	Nepal	The bureaucracy is generally reluctant to accept legal precedents. (references)
	Sri Lanka	Militant groups, although initially reluctant, agreed to surrender their arms to the IPKF. (references)
	Bolivia	Also, his administration was extremely reluctant to pursue net eradication of illegal coca. (references)
Human Rights	United Kingdom	Witnesses have been reluctant to come forward. (references)
	Kazakhstan	Some lawyers are reluctant to defend clients unpopular with the Government. (references)
	Georgia	Judges were reluctant to exclude evidence obtained illegally if the Procuracy objected. (references)
Indigenous People	Brazil	Women were reluctant to have children because of the high level of poverty in the community, and campaign workers allegedly convinced them that sterilization was the only effective form of birth control. (references)
	Belize	Among the country's indigenous people, the Mopan and Ke'kchi are grouped under the general term Maya, although their leaders say that they should be identified as the Masenal, meaning "common people." The Maya have sought official recognition of their communal claims to land, but the Government has been reluctant to single out one ethnic group for special consideration. (references)
Minorities	Palau	Nonetheless, foreign workers often are reluctant to seek legal redress for fear of losing their employment and, thus, permission to remain in the country. (references)
Political Economy	Sudan	Many women are reluctant to file formal complaints against such abuse, although it is a legal ground for divorce. (references)
	Bangladesh	Primarily due to the police's accountability to the executive, police often are reluctant to pursue investigations against persons affiliated with the ruling party. (references)
	CHILE	Procedures and tolerances for testing imported chicken for the presence of salmonella present such a severe commercial risk that local importers are reluctant to import such products. (references)
Political Rights	Turkmenistan	In 1998 President Niyazov called for local councils and village leaders to have greater power and authority to deal with local issues; however, in practice even local leaders were selected and dismissed by the President and were reluctant to make decisions without his approval. (references)
Trade	Kazakhstan	Since then the Government has been very reluctant to back loans with sovereign guarantees. (references)
	Dominican Rep	These companies provide loans when commercial banks are unable or reluctant to do so, and with the highest rate of the market. (references)
Travel	Czech Rep	It is best to start arranging meetings several weeks before you visit, as Czechs are reluctant to arrange impromptu meetings at the last minute. (references)
	Croatia	Because trade experience was the domain of foreign trade firms, Croatian firms tend to rely on their traditional suppliers and are frequently reluctant to change supply sources without prior knowledge and references. (references)
Women	Benin	NGO observers believe that women remain reluctant to report cases. (references)
Worker Rights	Pakistan	Women initially were reluctant to move from their homes to stitching centers. (references)
	Peru	Labor advocates claim that many workers are reluctant to organize due to fear of dismissal. (references)
	Oman	Others are reluctant to file complaints for fear of retribution from unscrupulous employers. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes."
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Spoken Usage: Reluctant

Speeches: Reluctant

Usage Frequency: Reluctant

Expressions: Reluctant

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Reluctant

Modern Translation: Reluctant

Language		Translations for "reluctant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ngurrues (diffident, faltering, hesitant, hesitating, indecisive, loath, loth, vacillating), mosdashës (disinclined, unwilling), jo i gatshëm (disinclined, unwilling), e bërë pa qejf. (various references)

Arabic		‏كاره (averse, loath, unwilling), ‏ممانع, ‏مقاوم (adversary, opponent, opposer, renitent, resistant, unwilling), ‏معارض (antagonist, contrary, dissenting, in opposition to, objecting, opposed, opposite, resistant, unfavorable, unfavourable, unwilling), ‏نافر (averse, disinclined, projecting), ‏غير مستعد (unprepared, unready, unripe). (various references)

Bulgarian		несклонен (averse, disinclined, indisposed, loath, loth, unapt, undisposed, unwilled, unwilling), неохотен (averse, backward, unwilling). (various references)

Chinese		勉强 (reluctance). (various references)

Czech		zdráhavý (grudging), neochotný (disobliging, loth, unaccommodating, unready, unwilling). (various references)

Farsi		بی میل (Disinclined, Resentful, Squeamish, Unwilling). (various references)

Finnish		vastahakoinen (unwilling), haluton (apathetic, disinclined, listless, unwilling). (various references)

French		réticent (reticent), répugnant (repellent, repugnant, revolting), peu enthousiaste, peu disposé, involontaire. (various references)

German		widerwillig (begrudging, begrudgingly, grudging, reluctantly, relucting, unwilling, unwillingly). (various references)

Greek		ακούσιοσ (averse, involuntary, loath, reflex, unintended, unintentional, unwilling), απρόθυμοσ (disinclined, half hearted, indisposed, perfunctory, unwilling), απρόθυμος (half-hearted, reluctant to, unwilling), διστακτικός (diffident, hesitant, indecisive). (various references)

Hebrew		לא רוצ�" (unwilling). (various references)

Hungarian		vonakodó (disinclined, grudging, loath, loth, unwilling). (various references)

Indonesian		sungkan, ogah-ogahan (ignorant), ogah, enggan (averse, boggle, chary). (various references)

Italian		ritroso (obstructive, shamefaced, shy), riluttante (backward, loath, loth, unwilling), restio (loath, loth, restive, unwilling), non disposto (unwilling). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		嫌 (detestable, disagreeable, unpleasant). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		の�"りおしい (regrettable), いや (detestable, disagreeable, nay, no, unpleasant, well, yes). (various references)

Korean		꺼린. (various references)

Manx		noi-freihagh (controversial, perverse, petulant, uncooperative, wilful), neuwooiagh (averse, discontented, disinclined, recalcitrant), neuarryltagh (involuntary), lhiastey (diffident, dilatory, idle, inactive, indolent, languid, languorous, lazy, lethargic, lethargical, remiss, slothful, workshy). (various references)

Pig Latin		eluctantray.(various references)

Portuguese		relutante (averse, loath, loth, unwilling), recalcitrante (recalcitrant), rebelde (contumacious, fractious, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionist, intractable, obstinate, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, restive, unamenable, unruly, unsubmissive), que mostra resistência, não inclinado a, hesitante (deliberate, diffident, double-minded, doubting, dubious, faltering, fumbling, half-hearted, halting, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, limp, perplexed, undecided, unresolved, unsteady, vacillating, wavering, wobbly), avesso a (loath, loth). (various references)

Romanian		nedoritor, fãrã tragere de inimã (half hearted, reluctantly), ezitant (halting, hesitating, oscillatory, shilly shally, vacillating, wavering), care se împotriveşte (resistant), care opune rezistenţã la, care are repulsie pentru, şovãitor (at pause, doubtful, dubious, faltering, flexuous, halting, hesitant, hesitating, hesitatingly, irresolute, shilly shally, tremulous, uncertain, undecided, wavering, waveringly). (various references)

Russian		сопротивляющийся (resistant). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		protiv volje (unwillingly), nerad (inactivity, unwilling). (various references)

Spanish		renuente (loath). (various references)

Swedish		motvillig (gingerly, grudging, reductant, revulsive). (various references)

Turkish		isteksiz (averse, backward, disinclined, grudging, gutless, halfhearted, indisposed, jaded, languid, loath, loth, repugnant, sticky, undesirous, undisposed, unwilling, wet), gönülsüz (averse, disinclined, grudging, gutless, halfhearted, loath, repugnant, sticky, undisposed, unwilling), ağırdan alan (dilatory, fabian). (various references)

Ukrainian		упертий (asinine, bullheaded, churlish, cobby, contumacious, cross-grained, difficile, disobedient, dogged, hard-nosed, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, opinioned, patient, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, piggish, pigheaded, rebellious, restive, rowdy, self-opinionated, set, stiff necked, strong-willed, stubborn, wilful, willful), який робить неохоче, вимушений (bound, constrained, induced, necessary, necessitous, perforce, willy nilly). (various references)

Vietnamese		miễn cưỡng (cheerless, loath, loth), khó l� m, khó bảo (contrary, indocile, inductile), không thích (indisposed, loath, loth), không sẵn lòng trơ trơ, chống lại (averse, counter, opponent, oppugnant, resistive), bất đắc dĩ (grudging). (various references)

Welsh		hwyrfrydig (backward, slow, tardy). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: Reluctant

Derivations & Misspellings: Reluctant

Rhyming with "Reluctant"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "reluctant" (pronounced rulu"ktunt or rēlu"ktunt)
5	-k t u n t	disinfectant, expectant, surfactant.
4	-t u n t	accountant, adjutant, assistant, blatant, combatant, competent, concomitant, consistent, constant, consultant, contestant, important, impotent, inadvertent, decongestant, distant, existent, exorbitant, extant, exultant, hesitant, incompetent, inconsistent, inhabitant, insistent, instant, intermittent, irritant, latent, militant, mutant, noncombatant, nonexistent, omnipotent, patent, penitent, persistent, pollutant, potent, protestant, repentant, resistant, resultant, unimportant, unrepentant.
3	-u n t	agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
5	-k t u n t	disinfectant, expectant, surfactant.
4	-t u n t	accountant, adjutant, assistant, blatant, combatant, competent, concomitant, consistent, constant, consultant, contestant, important, impotent, inadvertent, decongestant, distant, existent, exorbitant, extant, exultant, hesitant, incompetent, inconsistent, inhabitant, insistent, instant, intermittent, irritant, latent, militant, mutant, noncombatant, nonexistent, omnipotent, patent, penitent, persistent, pollutant, potent, protestant, repentant, resistant, resultant, unimportant, unrepentant.
3	-u n t	agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Unwillingness	Adjective: unwilling; not in the vein, loth, loath, shy of, disinclined, indisposed, averse, reluctant, not content; adverse; (opposed); laggard, backward, remiss, slack, slow to; indifferent; scrupulous; squeamish; (fastidious); repugnant; (dislike); restiff, restive; demurring; Verb: unconsenting; (refusing); involuntary.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	To live better, to own things I couldn't afford, to acquire this good taste that you now enjoy and which I should be very reluctant to give up. (To Catch a Thief; writing credit: David Dodge; John Michael Hayes) This is football we're talking about here, which you call bananas and you're reluctant to play it. But you play baseball, the World Series (Eddie Izzard: Circle; writing credit: Eddie Izzard) You think I'm reluctant because I'm happy (Ronin; writing credit: J.D. Zeik) Nothing. I assumed command according to regulations, since your first officer was reluctant to take aggressive action (Star Trek; writing credit: Walter Black; William Hamilton)
Movie/TV Titles	The Reluctant Juggler (1972) Reluctant Nation (1966) The Reluctant Nature Girl Sandy (1963) Reluctant Bride (1955) The Reluctant Pup (1953)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	From Me to You: The Reluctant Writer's Guide to Powerful, Personal Messages (reference) The Reluctant Dragon (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Biography - Sergeant York: Reluctant Hero (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Reluctant Daughter (reference) Reluctant Pilgrim (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	John Barrymore, or, Reluctant Roscius. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Seneca	Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	I have to admit I'm reluctant to disrobe in a crowded locker room, but I strongly believe that the key to gaining self-confidence is by confronting your fears.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	The consequences apprehended when the deposit act of the last session received a reluctant approval have been measurably realized.
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	Some judges are reluctant to send convicted criminals to prison because of inadequate facilities.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	2,035	4,252

Expressions using "reluctant": be reluctant to ♦ be reluctant to do smth. ♦ feel reluctant ♦ he seems reluctant to admit it. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "reluctant": reluctant-to-move.
	Ending with "reluctant": ever-reluctant, half-reluctant.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
press reluctant	27	reluctant suitor	2
reluctant	19	adventure illusion messiah reluctant	2
reluctant reader	18	reluctant sex story	2
reluctant dragon	13	debeljak modernity reluctant	2
messenger reluctant	11	prince reluctant royal william	2
reluctant panther	7	reluctant sex	2
reluctant debutante	6	angel reluctant	2
scooby doo and the reluctant werewolf	5	reluctant writer	2
cake groom reluctant topper	4	girlfriend reluctant	2
book reader reluctant	4	the reluctant saint	2
man reluctant young	3	motivating reader reluctant	2
book list reader reluctant	3	exhibitionist reluctant	2
reluctant gourmet	3	the reluctant god	2
blow job reluctant	3	messenger.com reluctant	2
reluctant santa	3	reluctant wife	2
reluctant astronaut	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	hosa, inviti, oderam, oderant, oderantque, oderas, oderat, oderint, oderis, oderit, oderunt, odi, odibunt, odiens, odientes, odientibus, odientis, odientium, odiet, odietur, odii, odio, odirent, odis, odisse, odisses, odisti, odistis, odit, odite, odito, odivi, odivit, osa. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "reluctant": reluctantly. (additional references)
	Words ending with "reluctant": unreluctant. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Reluctant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: electant, preluciand, reductant, reflectant, relactant, relectant, relicant, relucant, reluctanat, reluctent, reluctlant, reluntant, reluvtant, rleuctant. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-n-r-t-t-u"
	-1 letter: cultrate, truncate.
	-2 letters: centaur, central, clatter, clutter, curtate, lucarne, neutral, nuclear, taunter, tutelar, unclear, uncrate.
	-3 letters: acuter, antler, attune, canter, cantle, carnet, cartel, cattle, cental, centra, claret, cuneal, curate, curtal, cutler, cutlet, cutter, cuttle, eluant, lacune, lancer, lancet, latent, latten, latter, launce, learnt, lucent, lucern, lunate, natter, nature, nectar, neural, nutate, nutlet, nutter.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-n-r-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: tentacular.
	+2 letters: anticruelty, curtailment, reluctantly, reluctating, reluctation, translucent, unreluctant.
	+3 letters: congratulate, counterblast, curtailments, inarticulate, interfaculty, neutralistic, reluctations, reticulating, reticulation.
	+4 letters: congratulated, congratulates, counterblasts, inarticulates, intercultural, recultivating, reticulations, translucently, ultradistance, unarticulated, untheoretical.
	+5 letters: antitubercular, articulateness, counterassault, counterfactual, inarticulately, interfaculties, rearticulating, recapitulating, recapitulation, rectangularity, ultracompetent, ultradistances, ultraefficient, ultraenergetic, unacculturated, unattractively.
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Title	Author	Quote
Three Voices	Carroll, Lewis	Still from each fact, with skill uncouth And savage rapture, like a tooth She wrenched some slow reluctant truth
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	Gathering himself quickly up, he stood more erect, like a man taken by surprise in a mood to which he was reluctant to have witnesses
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	He seemed reluctant to go to the house
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Reluctant

Definition: Reluctant

Reluctant

Adjective

Synonyms: Reluctant

Synonyms within Context: Reluctant

Unwillingness

Crosswords: Reluctant

Modern Usage: Reluctant

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Photo Album: Reluctant

Familiar Quotations: Reluctant

Seneca

Use in Literature: Reluctant

Three Voices

Carroll, Lewis

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Non-Fiction Usage: Reluctant

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Devil's Dictionary

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Dennis Miller

Speeches: Reluctant

Andrew Jackson

Gerald Ford

Usage Frequency: Reluctant

Expressions: Reluctant

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Reluctant

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