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| Main Entry: | reluctance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disinclination |
| Synonyms: | doubt, hesitancy, hesitation, objection, qualm, questioning, unwillingness |
| Notes: | reluctance is a feeling that is experienced; recalcitrance is an attitude that is shown |
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| Main Entry: | reluctance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
averse, backward, demurring, disinclined, indifferent, indisposed, involuntary, laggard, loath, loth, not content, not in the vein, reluctant, remiss, repugnant, restiff, restive, scrupulous, shy of, slack, slow to, squeamish, unasked, unbesought, unconsenting, unsought, unwilling
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| Main Entry: | aversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dislike; opposition |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, allergy, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, detestation, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distaste, dread, hate, hatred, horror, hostility, indisposition, loathing, odium, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, disliking, having no use for, unwillingness |
| Antonyms: | affection, attachment, care, fondness, kindness, like, liking, love, sympathy |
| Main Entry: | compunction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regret, sorrow |
| Synonyms: | attrition, conscience, contrition, misgiving, penitence, pity, qualm, reluctance, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, shame, sympathy, penitency, punctiliousness, second thoughts, stab of conscience |
| Antonyms: | defiance, meanness, no remorse |
| Main Entry: | diffidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hesitancy; lack of confidence |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, constraint, doubt, fear, hesitation, humility, insecurity, meekness, modesty, reluctance, reserve, shyness, timidity, backwardness, mousiness, self-consciousness, sheepishness, timidness, timorousness, unassertiveness |
| Antonyms: | boldness, confidence |
| Main Entry: | disinclination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unwillingness to do or believe something |
| Synonyms: | alienation, antipathy, aversion, demur, disfavor, dislike, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distaste, hatred, indisposition, objection, opposition, reluctance, repugnance, resistance, disliking, disrelish, hesitance, lack of desire, lack of enthusiasm, loathness |
| Antonyms: | bent, desire, enthusiasm, incentive, inclination, leaning, willingness |
| Main Entry: | doubt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of faith, conviction; questioning |
| Synonyms: | ambiguity, apprehension, confusion, difficulty, diffidence, dilemma, disbelief, discredit, disquiet, distrust, dubiety, faithlessness, fear, hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, incredulity, indecision, misgiving, mistrust, problem, qualm, quandary, rejection, reluctance, scruple, skepticism, suspense, suspicion, uncertainty, vacillation, wavering, agnosticism, demurral, dubiousness, faltering, irresolution, lack of confidence, perplexity |
| Antonyms: | belief, certainty, confidence, faith, reliance, trust, dependence |
| Main Entry: | hesitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waiting; uncertainty |
| Synonyms: | delay, delaying, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, fluctuation, hesitancy, indecision, indisposition, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, qualm, reluctance, scruple, skepticism, vacillation, wavering, averseness, dawdling, demurral, faltering, fumbling, hemming and hawing, indecisiveness, irresolution, procrastination, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, unwillingness |
| Antonyms: | certainty, eagerness, go, perseverance, sureness |
| Main Entry: | objection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument, disagreement |
| Synonyms: | cavil, censure, challenge, criticism, demur, difficulty, disapproval, discontent, disinclination, dislike, displeasure, dissatisfaction, doubt, exception, grievance, gripe, hesitation, kick, niggle*, odium, opposition, protest, question, rejection, reluctance, remonstrance, scruple, shrinking, squawk*, stink*, counter-argument, declination, demurral, demurring, disapprobation, disesteem, protestation, remonstration, repugnancy, revilement, unwillingness |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, agreement, concurrence, consent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | qualm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nagging doubt |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anxiety, apprehension, compunction, conscience, demur, disquiet, foreboding, hesitation, indecision, insecurity, misgiving, mistrust, nervousness, objection, pang, perturbation, presentiment, regret, reluctance, remonstrance, remorse, scruple, suspicion, twinge, uncertainty, uneasiness, misdoubt, unease |
| Antonyms: | approval, comfort, contentedness |
| Main Entry: | scruple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misgiving, doubt |
| Synonyms: | anxiety, caution, censor, compunction, conscience, demur, difficulty, hesitancy, hesitation, pause, qualm, reluctance, second thought*, twinge, uneasiness, faltering, perplexity, reconsideration, reluctancy, squeamishness, superego |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, negligence, unconcern |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | skepticism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | doubt |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, disbelief, distrust, dubiety, faithlessness, hesitation, indecision, questioning, reluctance, suspicion, uncertainty, agnosticism, dubiousness, lack of confidence, leeriness |
| Main Entry: | obstinacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
| Synonyms: | determination, purpose, reluctance, tenacity, obstinance |
| Main Entry: | low profile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | avoidance of attention |
| Synonyms: | reluctance, reticence, secrecy, inconspicuousness, latency, low key, low posture, low visibility, semivisibility |
| Main Entry: | hesitancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | doubt |
| Synonyms: | indecision, reluctance, skepticism, uncertainty, irresolution |
| Main Entry: | reserve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coolness of manner |
| Synonyms: | calmness, caution, constraint, diffidence, formality, inhibition, modesty, reluctance, repression, reservation, restraint, reticence, self-restraint, shyness, silence, suppression, aloofness, backwardness, coldness, coyness, demureness, quietness, secretiveness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness, unresponsiveness |
| Antonyms: | friendliness, warmth |
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