American English pronunciation
How to pronounce reluctant
IPA transcription: [ɹɪ'lʌktənt]
Pronunciation variants: [ɹɪ'lʌktənt][ɹi'lʌktənt]
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Adjective
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unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
“a reluctant smile”
“loath to admit a mistake”
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disinclined to become involved
“they were usually reluctant to socialize”
“reluctant to help”
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not eager
“foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways”
“fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him”
Usage examples
- As the Blur, he reluctantly fights crime at the request of Nighthawk.
- Wellington was reluctant and recommended that the King choose Peel.
- Ryba reluctantly obeyed, but he was soon fired.
- He is initially reluctant, but his mother insists and he respects her wishes.
- However, the government was reluctant to give the required development planning consent.
- He might better be called, as one has phrased it, 'a reluctant rebel.
- Bonham was reluctant.
- Broccoli asked Ludlum to write the script, but Ludlum was reluctant.
- She gives her reluctant consent.
- Angered, Brian decides to move out and become roommates with a reluctant Limbaugh.