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unwilling
CIDE DICTIONARY
unwilling, a.
Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant. [1913 Webster]
"And drop at last, but in unwilling ears,
This saving counsel, “Keep your piece nine years.”" [1913 Webster]
This saving counsel, “Keep your piece nine years.”" [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unwilling, adj. not willing or inclined; reluctant.
Derivative
unwillingly adv. unwillingness n.
Etymology
OE unwillende (as UN-(1), WILLING)
THESAURUS
unwilling
afraid, at odds, automatic, averse, backward, blind, compulsive, conditioned, cursory, deaf to, declinatory, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disobedient, forced, fractious, hesitant, impulsive, indisposed, indocile, instinctive, involuntary, loath, mechanical, mutinous, negative, nonconsenting, opposed, perfunctory, recalcitrant, reflex, reflexive, refractory, rejective, reluctant, resistant, sulky, sullen, uncomplaisant, uncompliant, uncomplying, unconscious, unconsenting, uncooperative, uneager, unintentional, unthinking, unwilled, unwittingROGET THESAURUS
unwilling
Unwillingness
N unwillingness, indisposition, indisposedness, disinclination, aversation, nolleity, nolition, renitence, renitency, reluctance, indifference, backwardness, slowness, want of alacrity, want of readiness, indocility, scrupulousness, scrupulosity, qualms of conscience, twinge of conscience, delicacy, demur, scruple, qualm, shrinking, recoil, hesitation, fastidiousness, averseness, dissent, refusal, unwilling, not in the vein, loth, loath, shy of, disinclined, indisposed, averse, reluctant, not content, adverse, laggard, backward, remiss, slack, slow to, indifferent, scrupulous, squeamish, repugnant, restiff, restive, demurring, unconsenting, involuntary, unwillingly, 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, a contre caeur, malgre soi, in spite of one's teeth, in spite of oneself, nolens volens, perforce, under protest, no, not for the world, far be it from me.Dissent
N dissent, discordance, difference diversity of opinion, nonconformity, protestantism, recusancy, schism, disaffection, secession, recantation, dissension, discontent, cavilling, protest, contradiction, noncompliance, dissentient, dissenter, non-juror, non-content, nonconformist, sectary, separatist, recusant, schismatic, protestant, heretic, refusal, dissenting, negative, dissident, dissentient, unconsenting, non-content, nonjuring, protestant, recusant, unconvinced, unconverted, unavowed, unacknowledged, out of the question, discontented, unwilling, extorted, sectarian, denominational, schismatic, heterodox, intolerant, no, at variance, at issue with, under protest, Int, God forbid!, not for the world, I'll be hanged if, never tell me, your humble servant, pardon me, many men many minds, quot homines tot sententiae, tant s'en faut, il s'en faut bien, no way, by no means, count me out.For further exploring for "unwilling" in Webster Dictionary Online