Unwilling
[ʌn'wɪlɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) in spite of contrary volition .
(adj.) not disposed or inclined toward; 'an unwilling assistant'; 'unwilling to face facts' .
Checker: Valerie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.
Checker: Seymour
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Loath, disinclined, opposed, averse, reluctant, backward, indisposed, not disposed.
Checker: Sinclair
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Averse, backward, disinclined, loth, reluctant,[See INDEFATIGUEABLE]
Typist: Margery
Definition
adj. not willing: disinclined: reluctant.—v.t. Unwill′ to will the opposite of.—adj. Unwilled′ spontaneous.—adv. Unwill′ingly.—n. Unwill′ingness.
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Examples
- There are some events surely in all men's lives, I replied, the memory of which they would be unwilling entirely to lose? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Her face was like a small, fine mask, sinister too, masked with unwilling suffering. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The man's footsteps were so noisy on the echoing stones that he was unwilling to add the sound of his own. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Unwilling enough, I went to her sitting-room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Gerald, full-limbed and turgid with energy, stood unwilling to go, he was held by the presence of the other man. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And Gudrun could see he was making some slow confidence to Ursula, unwilling, a slow, grudging, scanty self-revelation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I understand, he said, the willing loss of a resolution; the meaning of the unwilling I have yet to learn. Plato. The Republic.
- If there ever was a time when I felt unwilling that you should have a sorrow or anxiety which I could not share, it is now. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I was unwilling to consent to do it, when your mother asked me. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Many men, just as well aware of present-day evils as the socialists, are unwilling to accept the collectivist remedy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Unwilling to make myself disagreeable to my fellow-citizens by too frequently soliciting their contributions, I absolutely refused. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- THERE was the difficulty, Glaucon, which made me unwilling to speak of family relations. Plato. The Republic.
- We are all of us more or less unwilling to be brought into the world. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He was shy, and unwilling to own to the name of Reginald, as being too aspiring and self-assertive a name. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Men are unwilling to leave property in suspense, even for the shortest time, or open the least door to violence and disorder. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He had conceived a great regard for me, and was very unwilling that I should leave the house while he remained in it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Most of the shops lighted two hours before their time--as the gas seems to know, for it has a haggard and unwilling look. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It would be no better, if I stopped my most unwilling hand. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But the lumpy gentleman, unwilling to give it up, again madly said, 'ESKER,' and again spake no more. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He suspected, that unaccustomed poverty was the cause of the mystery, and that the artist was unwilling to be seen in the garb and abode of want. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Cannot you imagine with what unwilling feelings the former belles of the house of Rushworth did many a time repair to this chapel? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Not but what I shall be very unwilling, both to leave you, Loo, and to leave you here. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- People hate to be reminded of ills they are unable or unwilling to remedy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There are some things I want to say and do,--that I ought to do; and you are so unwilling to have me speak a word on this subject. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- After what she had undergone that morning, I was unwilling to tell her my suspicions. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And I suppose you had no great difficultyYou did not find him very unwilling to accept your proposal? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She had been unwilling to mention Bingley; and the unsettled state of her own feelings had made her equally avoid the name of his friend. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- At first Byzantium was unwilling to recognize the imperial title of Charlemagne. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Margaret was hesitating whether she should say what was in her mind; she was unwilling to irritate one who was already gloomy and despondent enough. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I had been unwilling that he should see my altered looks. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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