unwilling

Speech parts

1. unwilling - Adjective

2. unwilling - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

reluctant resistant backward stubborn defiant averse disinclined loath hesitating grudging unready unenthusiastic chary hesitant uncooperative
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Antonyms

willing fain bandy game given great
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Phrases with the word

be unwilling to take be unwilling to accept be unwilling to learn be unwilling to be unwilling to talk be unwilling to study

Examples

Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life they are unwilling to live, and yet they do not know how to die. Seneca

It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself. Eleanor Roosevelt

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect. Eleanor Roosevelt

Few things are easy to the unwilling. American Proverb

It is hard to catch hares with unwilling hounds. Dutch Proverb

Better a friendly denial than an unwilling compliance. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

unwillful unwillfully unwillfulness unwilling muscle unwilling to share unwillingly