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Unwilling definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNWILL'ING, a. Not willing; loth; disinclined; reluctant; as an unwilling servant.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling assistant"; "unwilling to face facts" [ant: willing]
2: in spite of contrary volition

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: before 12th century not willing: a. loath, reluctant <was unwilling to learn> b. done or given reluctantly <unwilling approval> c. offering opposition ; obstinate <an unwilling student> • unwillingly adverb • unwillingness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. not willing or inclined; reluctant. Derivatives: unwillingly adv. unwillingness n. Etymology: OE unwillende (as UN-(1), WILLING)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unwilling Un*will"ing, a. Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant. And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, ``Keep your piece nine years.'' --Pope. -- Un*will"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*will"ing*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you are unwilling to do something, you do not want to do it and will not agree to do it. Initially the government was unwilling to accept the defeat... For months I had been either unwilling or unable to go through with it. ? willing ADJ: usu v-link, usu ADJ to-inf • unwillingness ...their unwillingness to accept responsibility for mistakes. N-UNCOUNT: oft N to-inf 2. You can use unwilling to describe someone who does not really want to do the thing they are doing. A youthful teacher, he finds himself an unwilling participant in school politics... = reluctant ADJ: usu ADJ n • unwillingly My beard had started to grow, and I had unwillingly complied with the order to shave it off... Unwillingly, she moved aside. = reluctantly ADV: ADV with v, ADV with cl

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Loath, disinclined, opposed, averse, reluctant, backward, indisposed.

Moby Thesaurus

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, unwitting