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,
indisposedness† —
disinclination,
aversation† —
nolleity†,
nolition† —
renitence†,
renitency —
reluctance —
indifference
etc.
866 —
backwardness
etc.
adj. —
slowness
etc.
275 —
want of alacrity,
want of readiness —
indocility
etc.
(obstinacy)
606†.
scrupulousness,
scrupulosity —
qualms of conscience,
twinge of conscience —
delicacy,
demur,
scruple,
qualm,
shrinking,
recoil —
hesitation
etc.
(irresolution)
605 —
fastidiousness
etc.
868.
averseness
etc.
(dislike)
867† —
dissent
etc.
489 —
refusal
etc.
764.
verb
be unwilling
etc.
adj. —
nill —
dislike
etc.
867 —
grudge,
begrudge —
not be able to find it in one's heart to,
not have the stomach to.
demur,
stick at,
scruple,
stickle —
hang fire,
run rusty —
recoil,
shrink,
swerve —
hesitate
etc.
605 —
avoid
etc.
623.
oppose
etc.
708 —
dissent
etc.
489 —
refuse
etc.
764.
adjective
unwilling —
not in the vein,
loth,
loath,
shy of,
disinclined,
indisposed,
averse,
reluctant,
not content —
adverse
etc.
(opposed)
708 —
laggard,
backward,
remiss,
slack,
slow to —
indifferent
etc.
866 —
scrupulous —
squeamish
etc.
(fastidious)
868 —
repugnant
etc.
(dislike)
867 —
restiff†,
restive —
demurring
etc.
v. —
unconsenting
etc.
(refusing)
764 —
involuntary
etc.
601.
adverb
unwillingly
etc.
adj. —
grudgingly,
with a heavy heart —
with a bad,
with an ill grace —
against 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 oneself —
nolens volens
etc.
(necessity)
601 [Lat.] —
perforce
etc.
744 —
under protest —
no
etc.
536 —
not for the world,
far be it from me.
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