reluctant   (Sound)

The adj reluctant has 3 senses

• loath, loth, reluctant -- (unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake")


• reluctant -- (disinclined to become involved; "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help")


• reluctant -- (not eager; "foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him")