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unwillingness

Roget category 603

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
5.1. Volition in general
›› 5.1.1. Acts of volition

#603. Unwillingness

noun

unwillingness etc. adj. — indisposition, indisposednessdisinclination, aversationnolleity, nolitionrenitence, renitencyreluctanceindifference etc. 866backwardness etc. adj. — slowness etc. 275want of alacrity, want of readinessindocility etc. (obstinacy) 606.
scrupulousness, scrupulosityqualms of conscience, twinge of consciencedelicacy, demur, scruple, qualm, shrinking, recoilhesitation etc. (irresolution) 605fastidiousness etc. 868.
averseness etc. (dislike) 867dissent etc. 489refusal etc. 764.

verb

be unwilling etc. adj. — nilldislike etc. 867grudge, begrudgenot be able to find it in one's heart to, not have the stomach to.
demur, stick at, scruple, sticklehang fire, run rustyrecoil, shrink, swervehesitate etc. 605avoid etc. 623.
oppose etc. 708dissent etc. 489refuse etc. 764.

adjective

unwillingnot in the vein, loth, loath, shy of, disinclined, indisposed, averse, reluctant, not contentadverse etc. (opposed) 708laggard, backward, remiss, slack, slow toindifferent etc. 866scrupuloussqueamish etc. (fastidious) 868repugnant etc. (dislike) 867restiff, restivedemurring etc. v. — unconsenting etc. (refusing) 764involuntary etc. 601.

adverb

unwillingly etc. adj. — grudgingly, with a heavy heartwith a bad, with an ill graceagainst one's wishes, against one's will, against the grain, sore against one's wishes, sore against one's will, sore against one's grain invita Minerva [Lat.]a contre caeur [Fr.]malgre soi [Fr.]in spite of one's teeth, in spite of oneselfnolens volens etc. (necessity) 601 [Lat.]perforce etc. 744under protestno etc. 536not for the world, far be it from me.

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