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reluctant

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈlʌktənt/

The English word “reluctant” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Not wanting to take some action; unwilling to do something.
  2. Contrary; defiant; refractory.
  3. Tending to match as little text as possible.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin reluctāns (whence -ant), present participle of reluctor (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”), from re- (“back”) + luctor (“to struggle”) (whence re-.

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