unwillingadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌənˈwɪlɪŋ/

Etymology: Old English unwillende (un- prefix¹ 4), = Old Norse and Icelandic ú-, óviljandi. Compare Middle Low German unwillendes. Re-formed in 16th cent.

†1. Of persons: Not intending, purposing, or desiring (to do a particular thing). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxiii. 214 Ðæt hie [sc. the impatient] ne hliepen unwillende on ðæt scorene clif unðeawa.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 862 Wyþ þat schote his ffader he slow; Al unwylland þat draught he drow.

a. Of persons, etc.: Not inclined, willing, or ready; averse, reluctant, loath. Also in figurative context.In quot. 1606 the comparative is used with adverbial force, = more unwillingly.

ΚΠ

c1000 in Ags. Hom. (Assmann) 180 Min drihten hit wat, þæt ic hit unwillende do, þæt ic æfre þas dæda gefremme.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Inuitus,..vnwyllynge, or agaynste a mannes wylle.1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. B3^v Marching..with vnwilling souldiers faintly arm'd.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 234 You gaue leaue to my vnwilling tongue, Against my will to do my selfe this wrong. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. ix. 40 To which request Phillip vrged he should of reason so much the vnwillinger condiscend.1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 2 The tardiest, and the unwillingest of them that praise yee.1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. viii. 9 With unwilling Ear The Voice of Comfort, or of Health I hear.1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 91 Unwilling I my lips unclose.1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xi. xiv. 244 On each unwilling heart Unusual awe did fall.1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. vii. 123 Evidently intended to bring up unwilling eels out of their native mud.1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 106 I fully yield me to thy wish Though with unwilling mind.1897 E. W. B. Nicholson Golspie 22 This unwilling workman's curse lay on the family for ever.absolute.a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxvii. sig. Ff7^v Thus armed, thus gouerned, forcing the vnwilling,..they came headlong towarde this lodge.a1658 R. Lovelace Poems (1904) 193 Fates lead the willing, but unwilling draw.1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 44 Counsel acts only upon the willing, law upon the unwilling also.

b. Const. to with infinitive, or with clause.In very frequent use from c1630, usually with to and infinitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adjective]

argha1000

slowOE

unwillyc1200

sweera1300

unfain1338

loathc1374

dangerousc1386

eschewc1386

squeamous1387

obstinate?a1439

unpresta1500

ill-willing?1520

evil-willing1525

untowards1525

untowarda1530

unwilling1533

strange1548

ill-willed1549

dainty1553

relucting1553

squeamish?1553

nicea1560

loathful1561

coyish1566

coy1576

unhearty1583

costive1594

unready1595

tarrowinga1598

undisposed1597

involuntary1598

backward1600

retrograde1602

unpregnant1604

scrupulous1608

unprone1611

refractory1614

behindhanda1616

nilling1620

backwards1627

shya1628

retractable1632

reluctant1638

loughta1641

tendera1641

unapt1640

uninclinable1640

unbeteaming1642

boggling1645

averse1646

indisposed1646

aversant1657

incomposed1660

disinclined1703

unobliging1707

unconsenting1713

uninclined1729

tenacious1766

disinclinable1769

ill-disposed1771

unaffectioned1788

scruplesomec1800

back-handed1817

sweert1817

tharf1828

backward in coming forward1830

unvoluntary1834

misinclined1837

squeamy1838

balky1847

retractive1869

grudging1874

tharfish1876

unwishful1876

safety first1917

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xxi. f. clxiii I..shewe my selfe vnwyllynge that the prestes sholde do it neyther.

1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) at Respuo To be vnwillyng to here hym speake.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. ix. sig. T5^v And so went they away from verie vnwilling people to leave them.

1618 J. Selden Hist. Tithes III. vi. 1114 Every man..would have been the unwillinger to have specially endowed the church.

1664 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 212 I am unwilling you should be soe much alone.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 126 I was unwilling to run any more Risques.

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 287 We should be very unwilling to offend him.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vi. 143 I own I were unwilling he should learn what no ways concerns him.

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 28 Then my fellow takes the tale up, not unwilling to aver..‘I knew him best of all’.

c. transferred of things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or intractable (of things)

wickc1330

riotous1340

wickeda1352

untreatablec1374

frowarda1400

inobedient1495

stubborn?1518

unwieldya1538

unruly1548

wieldlessa1560

hard1560

untoward1566

tickle1570

churlish1577

unwieldsome1579

rebellious1587

disobedient1588

unframeable1593

unwilling1593

untractable1601

unmanageable1606

intractable1607

surly1609

unwedgeablea1616

dogged1627

uncontrollable1648

obdurate1651

morose1652

uncompliant1659

sullen1678

unpliant1716

ungovernable1773

sulky1867

intractile1880

unwieldly1881

bunglesome1915

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Giij Her eies..being opend, threw vnwilling light, Vpon the wide wound..In his soft flanke.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. C4^v As each vnwilling portall yeelds him way.

1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian iii. i. 46 Why shou'd you pluck the green distastful Fruit From the unwilling Bough.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 53 For he with frequent Exercise Commands Th' unwilling Soil, and tames the stubborn Lands.

1704 J. Trapp Abra-Mule ii. i. 416 A stiff unwilling Bow.

a1771 T. Gray Ess. I in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 195 There industry and gain their vigils keep, Command the winds, and tame th' unwilling deep.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. iv. 42 She..lighted the unwilling fire, borrowing a pair of bellows to make it burn the faster.

1896 Idler Mar. 291/2 I..pushed open the unwilling baize-covered door.

†3. Undesirous of something. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > not desiring or desirous of

unwilling?c1550

undesirous1655

undesiring1693

unanxious1742

unwishing1743

uncourting1744

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) 54 Neyther partie was unwilling of peace.

1590 G. Peele Polyhymnia in Wks. (1829) II. 210 On lusty horse That, angry with delay,.. Would snort,..Unwilling of his master's tarriance.

†4. unwilling to (unto), contrary to the will or desire of (a person). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > unwilling [phrase] > against the will of

unwilling to (unto)1555

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 309 They shall not touche any thynge of yowres vnwyllyng vnto yow.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. i. 171 Your hair (unwilling to your self) discovers you.

†5. Involuntary; unintentional; unwilled. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unintentional or involuntary

unviseda1300

unwilful1398

unwilly1398

unbodena1400

voluntarya1450

non-voluntaryc1454

involuntary1531

unwilling1535

unwilleda1540

unmeant1550

unvoluntary1570

uncalleda1586

uncalleda1610

unintended1649

undesigned1651

mechanic1657

automatic1694

unmeaning1698

inadvertent1724

unbidden1726

unintentional1782

unweeting1794

unwitting1818

undeliberate1874

agnomical1881

1535 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. vii. lv. 105 b/2 Somtyme comyth vnwyllynge pyssynge, and that euyll hyghte..Diabethica passio.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxviii. 519 This high preest shalbe the..speech of God, cleere from sinne aswel willing as vnwilling.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 142 Patience I pray you, 'twas a fault vnwilling .

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 120 Good fortune may present some happier time, With means to cancell my unwilling crime.

6. Performed or manifested, expressed or avowed, reluctantly or unwillingly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adjective] > characterized by unwillingness (of actions, etc.)

grudged1549

unloath1607

unwilling?1617

reluctant1648

restive1652

uncheerfula1684

?1617 W. Alexander Suppl. Sidney's Arcadia sig. *5 Then went he towards Pirocles..and acquainted him with his vnwilling absenting himselfe.

1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida iv. v. sig. G2 That soft delays..to an unwilling stay His fierce persuers would ere long betray.

1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim viii. 29 It can [not] be acceptable to God to see men croutch in this fashion to him, and..afford him their unwilling prostrations.

1741 W. Whitehead Danger of Writing Verse 235 Must the Muse th' unwilling task pursue?

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 18 Fictitious bonds, the bonds of wealth and law, Still gather strength, and force unwilling awe.

1822 H. H. Milman Belshazzar 93 Oh! bear a brief unwilling banishment From thine own home, my heart.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 529 That sagacity and energy which had..extorted the unwilling admiration of his enemies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unwilling
释义	unwillingadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈwɪlɪŋ/ Etymology: Old English unwillende (un- prefix¹ 4), = Old Norse and Icelandic ú-, óviljandi. Compare Middle Low German unwillendes. Re-formed in 16th cent. †1. Of persons: Not intending, purposing, or desiring (to do a particular thing). Obsolete. ΚΠ c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxiii. 214 Ðæt hie [sc. the impatient] ne hliepen unwillende on ðæt scorene clif unðeawa. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 862 Wyþ þat schote his ffader he slow; Al unwylland þat draught he drow. 2. a. Of persons, etc.: Not inclined, willing, or ready; averse, reluctant, loath. Also in figurative context.In quot. 1606 the comparative is used with adverbial force, = more unwillingly. ΚΠ c1000 in Ags. Hom. (Assmann) 180 Min drihten hit wat, þæt ic hit unwillende do, þæt ic æfre þas dæda gefremme. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Inuitus,..vnwyllynge, or agaynste a mannes wylle.1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. B3^v Marching..with vnwilling souldiers faintly arm'd.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 234 You gaue leaue to my vnwilling tongue, Against my will to do my selfe this wrong. View more context for this quotation1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. ix. 40 To which request Phillip vrged he should of reason so much the vnwillinger condiscend.1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 2 The tardiest, and the unwillingest of them that praise yee.1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. viii. 9 With unwilling Ear The Voice of Comfort, or of Health I hear.1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 91 Unwilling I my lips unclose.1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xi. xiv. 244 On each unwilling heart Unusual awe did fall.1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. vii. 123 Evidently intended to bring up unwilling eels out of their native mud.1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 106 I fully yield me to thy wish Though with unwilling mind.1897 E. W. B. Nicholson Golspie 22 This unwilling workman's curse lay on the family for ever.absolute.a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxvii. sig. Ff7^v Thus armed, thus gouerned, forcing the vnwilling,..they came headlong towarde this lodge.a1658 R. Lovelace Poems (1904) 193 Fates lead the willing, but unwilling draw.1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 44 Counsel acts only upon the willing, law upon the unwilling also. b. Const. to with infinitive, or with clause.In very frequent use from c1630, usually with to and infinitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adjective] argha1000 slowOE unwillyc1200 sweera1300 unfain1338 loathc1374 dangerousc1386 eschewc1386 squeamous1387 obstinate?a1439 unpresta1500 ill-willing?1520 evil-willing1525 untowards1525 untowarda1530 unwilling1533 strange1548 ill-willed1549 dainty1553 relucting1553 squeamish?1553 nicea1560 loathful1561 coyish1566 coy1576 unhearty1583 costive1594 unready1595 tarrowinga1598 undisposed1597 involuntary1598 backward1600 retrograde1602 unpregnant1604 scrupulous1608 unprone1611 refractory1614 behindhanda1616 nilling1620 backwards1627 shya1628 retractable1632 reluctant1638 loughta1641 tendera1641 unapt1640 uninclinable1640 unbeteaming1642 boggling1645 averse1646 indisposed1646 aversant1657 incomposed1660 disinclined1703 unobliging1707 unconsenting1713 uninclined1729 tenacious1766 disinclinable1769 ill-disposed1771 unaffectioned1788 scruplesomec1800 back-handed1817 sweert1817 tharf1828 backward in coming forward1830 unvoluntary1834 misinclined1837 squeamy1838 balky1847 retractive1869 grudging1874 tharfish1876 unwishful1876 safety first1917 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xxi. f. clxiii I..shewe my selfe vnwyllynge that the prestes sholde do it neyther. 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) at Respuo To be vnwillyng to here hym speake. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. ix. sig. T5^v And so went they away from verie vnwilling people to leave them. 1618 J. Selden Hist. Tithes III. vi. 1114 Every man..would have been the unwillinger to have specially endowed the church. 1664 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 212 I am unwilling you should be soe much alone. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 126 I was unwilling to run any more Risques. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 287 We should be very unwilling to offend him. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vi. 143 I own I were unwilling he should learn what no ways concerns him. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 28 Then my fellow takes the tale up, not unwilling to aver..‘I knew him best of all’. c. transferred of things. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or intractable (of things) wickc1330 riotous1340 wickeda1352 untreatablec1374 frowarda1400 inobedient1495 stubborn?1518 unwieldya1538 unruly1548 wieldlessa1560 hard1560 untoward1566 tickle1570 churlish1577 unwieldsome1579 rebellious1587 disobedient1588 unframeable1593 unwilling1593 untractable1601 unmanageable1606 intractable1607 surly1609 unwedgeablea1616 dogged1627 uncontrollable1648 obdurate1651 morose1652 uncompliant1659 sullen1678 unpliant1716 ungovernable1773 sulky1867 intractile1880 unwieldly1881 bunglesome1915 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Giij Her eies..being opend, threw vnwilling light, Vpon the wide wound..In his soft flanke. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. C4^v As each vnwilling portall yeelds him way. View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian iii. i. 46 Why shou'd you pluck the green distastful Fruit From the unwilling Bough. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 53 For he with frequent Exercise Commands Th' unwilling Soil, and tames the stubborn Lands. View more context for this quotation 1704 J. Trapp Abra-Mule ii. i. 416 A stiff unwilling Bow. a1771 T. Gray Ess. I in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 195 There industry and gain their vigils keep, Command the winds, and tame th' unwilling deep. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. iv. 42 She..lighted the unwilling fire, borrowing a pair of bellows to make it burn the faster. 1896 Idler Mar. 291/2 I..pushed open the unwilling baize-covered door. †3. Undesirous of something. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > not desiring or desirous of unwilling?c1550 undesirous1655 undesiring1693 unanxious1742 unwishing1743 uncourting1744 ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) 54 Neyther partie was unwilling of peace. 1590 G. Peele Polyhymnia in Wks. (1829) II. 210 On lusty horse That, angry with delay,.. Would snort,..Unwilling of his master's tarriance. †4. unwilling to (unto), contrary to the will or desire of (a person). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > unwilling [phrase] > against the will of unwilling to (unto)1555 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 309 They shall not touche any thynge of yowres vnwyllyng vnto yow. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. i. 171 Your hair (unwilling to your self) discovers you. †5. Involuntary; unintentional; unwilled. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unintentional or involuntary unviseda1300 unwilful1398 unwilly1398 unbodena1400 voluntarya1450 non-voluntaryc1454 involuntary1531 unwilling1535 unwilleda1540 unmeant1550 unvoluntary1570 uncalleda1586 uncalleda1610 unintended1649 undesigned1651 mechanic1657 automatic1694 unmeaning1698 inadvertent1724 unbidden1726 unintentional1782 unweeting1794 unwitting1818 undeliberate1874 agnomical1881 1535 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. vii. lv. 105 b/2 Somtyme comyth vnwyllynge pyssynge, and that euyll hyghte..Diabethica passio. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxviii. 519 This high preest shalbe the..speech of God, cleere from sinne aswel willing as vnwilling. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 142 Patience I pray you, 'twas a fault vnwilling . View more context for this quotation 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 120 Good fortune may present some happier time, With means to cancell my unwilling crime. 6. Performed or manifested, expressed or avowed, reluctantly or unwillingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adjective] > characterized by unwillingness (of actions, etc.) grudged1549 unloath1607 unwilling?1617 reluctant1648 restive1652 uncheerfula1684 ?1617 W. Alexander Suppl. Sidney's Arcadia sig. 5 Then went he towards Pirocles..and acquainted him with his vnwilling absenting himselfe. 1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida* iv. v. sig. G2 That soft delays..to an unwilling stay His fierce persuers would ere long betray. 1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim viii. 29 It can [not] be acceptable to God to see men croutch in this fashion to him, and..afford him their unwilling prostrations. 1741 W. Whitehead Danger of Writing Verse 235 Must the Muse th' unwilling task pursue? 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 18 Fictitious bonds, the bonds of wealth and law, Still gather strength, and force unwilling awe. 1822 H. H. Milman Belshazzar 93 Oh! bear a brief unwilling banishment From thine own home, my heart. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 529 That sagacity and energy which had..extorted the unwilling admiration of his enemies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c897
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