Inert, sluggish, lazy, slow, loath, reluctant.

With infinitive: not ready, prompt, or willing to do something; reluctant to do something.

Unwilling (to do something); averse.

Loth, reluctant, unwilling, disinclined (to do something).

Not glad or delighted; ill-pleased, sorry; reluctant.

Averse, disinclined, reluctant, unwilling. Const. (†for) to with infinitive, also for (a person) to (do something), also with sentence as object…

Reluctant to give, accede or comply; chary of. Obsolete.

Disinclined, loth, unwilling. Const. of or to with infinitive.

= squeamish, adj. 5. Obsolete.

Reluctant. Obsolete. rare.

Not prepared, ready, or willing.

Unwilling; in quot. 1579 as adv. Unwillingly. Obsolete.

Unwilling, disinclined. Const. to with infinitive.

= untoward, adj. 1 2.

Not having or showing inclination, disposition, or readiness to or for something; disinclined.

Const. to with infinitive, or with clause.

Of persons. Sparing of (one's favour). Obsolete.

Unwilling, reluctant. Obsolete.

with infin.: Disinclined or reluctant (to do).

Struggling, resisting; reluctant.

Averse, unwilling, or backward to do something. Obsolete.

Shy, reluctant, or unwilling in regard of or to. Also with in or infinitive. Obsolete.

Reluctant, retiring, bashful. Obsolete exc. Scottish.

Somewhat coy.

Not demonstrative; shyly reserved or retiring. Const. of or infinitive: Reserved, backward.

Not hearty or cordial.

Slow, reluctant, or unwilling in action or speech; spec. (a) reluctant to give, niggardly, miserly; (b) unforthcoming, reticent, or uncommunicative…

Not responding readily to command. Obsolete.

Not inclined or willing, indisposed (to or to do something).

Unwilling (†to do something).

Turning or hanging back from action; disinclined to advance or make advances; reluctant, averse, unwilling, loath, chary; shy, bashful.

Backward; slow to act. Obsolete. rare.

Not pregnant (in various senses of pregnant, adj.1); (later) esp. not having offspring developing in the uterus.

with const.: Loth or reluctant, through scruples, to (do something); doubtful or suspicious of (a person or thing); chary of or in (doing…

Not prone to or to do something.

Not wanting or wishing something; unwilling, undesirous. With infinitive or of and gerund. Obsolete. rare.

attributive. Backward, tardy, hanging back.

That which does not desire or will something.

Obsolete. rare.

Fearful of committing oneself to a particular course of action; chary, unwilling, reluctant. Const. of, in, about, at, and to with infinitive.

Perhaps: governable, tractable. Obsolete. rare.

Of a person: unwilling, averse; disinclined to do something.

= loath, adj. 4.

Solicitous or careful to avoid or prevent something; chary of; scrupulous, cautious, circumspect; reluctant, loth. Const. of, in.

Of persons: Not apt or prone, not readily disposed, to do something.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1b.)

Unconsenting.

That boggles; starting with fright; stickling; bungling.

with infinitive. Disinclined, unwilling, reluctant.

Not disposed or ‘in the mind’, disinclined, unwilling, averse (to, or to do something).

Disinclined, averse. Obsolete. rare.

Indisposed (to), not in the proper state for. Cf. compose, v. 14.

Having a disinclination or slight aversion; not inclined; averse, indisposed.

Uncooperative, grudging; recalcitrant.

(un-, prefix1 affix 4.)

(un-, prefix1 affix 2.)

Persistently chary of or averse to any action. Obsolete.

Having a disinclination; disinclined, indisposed.

Not disposed (to do something); disinclined.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2.)

Inclined to be scrupulous.

figurative. Keeping back one's hand, backward, remiss.

= sweer, adj. 3 4.

transferred. Lumpish, stiff, heavy, slow; hence figurative reluctant, unwilling, diffident, tardy. dialect.

backward in coming forward, reluctant, shy (to do something). Cf. to come forward at come, v. phrasal verbs 1.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Disinclined.

= squeamish, adj.

Given to balking (as a horse); reluctant to proceed; contrary, perverse.

Having the effect of drawing someone back from an action, belief, etc.; dissuasive; (also) inclined to draw back. Obsolete.

That grudges; †complaining, repining (obsolete); unwilling, reluctant; resentful, envying.

in same sense.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Characterized by a disinclination or reluctance to take risks; cautious.