Definitions for reluctant

reluctant re·luc·tant

Spelling: [ri-luhk-tuh nt]
IPA: /rɪˈlʌk tənt/

Reluctant is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 465 anagrams from letters in reluctant (acelnrttu).

Definitions for reluctant

adjective

  1. unwilling; disinclined:
  2. struggling in opposition.

Origin of reluctant

1655-65; Latin reluctant- (stem of reluctāns), present participle of reluctārī. See reluct, -ant

Examples for reluctant

“Even the American colleagues on site, they didn't believe it was going to work and they were reluctant,” he says.

The Hermit is silent; for, as we have said, he is reluctant in making such confessions.

And if candidates on the ballot this year are reluctant to campaign alongside Sanders, they are not shy about taking his money.

Yes, his voice was reluctant; but he went at once towards the house and disappeared.

I was reluctant to ask anything too specific, because I felt like I would be asking for trouble!

But such disturbers of the order of thought Hegel is reluctant to acknowledge.

Is there any recent precedent for a reluctant but strong warrior in Republican politics?

The British public has been reluctant to get involved again in a Middle Eastern war, just as the American public was.

They both said that they were reluctant to send him to prison.

When the price of wool is high, the farmers are too reluctant to sell off their sheep, and thus become liable to an overstock.

Word Value for reluctant
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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