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Synonyms for disinclined

  • adjective

Most common

reluctant unwilling averse loath afraid reticent indisposed loth

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Adjective

reluctant, loath, averse, unwilling, reticent, indisposed, loth, afraid, swear, backward, antipathetic, relentful, antipathetical

Antonyms

inclined, willing, prone

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Not inclined; having a disinclination; being unwilling, reluctant.

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Disinclined, Averse or Indisposed?

A dunce is always averse to study; a good student is disinclined to it when a fine morning tempts him out; he is indisposed to it in some hour of weariness.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • reluctant Some soldiers were reluctant to obey the commands.
  • unwilling Tom seems to be unwilling to testify against Mary.
  • averse Some of my friends are strongly averse to AI.
  • loath AI companies are loath to reveal their secret sauce.
  • afraid He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
  • reticent He is reticent and he never speaks unless spoken to.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
disinclinedsteady
reluctantsteady
unwillingsteady
averserising
loathsteady
afraidrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
loth1
5 letters
swear1, loath1
6 letters
afraid2, averse2
8 letters
backward2, reticent3
9 letters
reluctant3, unwilling3, relentful
10 letters
indisposed
12 letters
antipathetic
14 letters
antipathetical

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (afraid2 = 2 syllables).