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Meaning of word reluctant from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom.

Example : A reluctant smile.
Loath to admit a mistake.

Synonyms : loath, loth

Meaning : Disinclined to become involved.

Example : They were usually reluctant to socialize.
Reluctant to help.

Meaning : Not eager.

Example : Foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways.
Fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him.

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

ordnance store (noun)
Military supplies.

precursor (noun)
A substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction).

guff (noun)
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

telescope (verb)
Crush together or collapse.

with child (adjective)
In an advanced stage of pregnancy.

blow up (verb)
Cause to burst with a violent release of energy.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.