a. | 1. | Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth. |
2. | Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; |
Adj. | 1. | reluctant - unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"; "unwilling to face facts" |
2. | reluctant - unwilling to become involved; "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help" | |
3. | reluctant - not eager; "foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and uneager for the moment to marry him"; "reluctant to help" |