Disinclination
[,dɪsɪnklɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n] or [,dɪs,ɪnklɪ'neʃən]
Definition
(noun.) that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike; 'his disinclination for modesty is well known'.
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Definition
(n.) The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Indisposition, reluctance, repugnance, aversion, unwillingness.
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Definition
n. want of inclination: unwillingness.—v.t. Disincline′ to turn away inclination from: to excite the dislike or aversion of.—adj. Disinclined′ not inclined: averse.
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Examples
- If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But rendered useless by his fear and his disinclination to action. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They have a great disinclination to touch any object, and carefully blow the dust from it first. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I understood my lady's disinclination to face Sergeant Cuff with such an answer from her daughter as that. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A butcher,' repeated Mr. Roker, giving the nib of his pen a tap on the desk to cure it of a disinclination to mark. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And even Mary could assure her family that she had no disinclination for it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Let me thank you for so considerately yielding to my disinclination. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She felt that she had no business at Pemberley, and was obliged to assume a disinclination for seeing it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Dr. Grant laughingly congratulated Miss Crawford on feeling no disinclination to the state herself. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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