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Disinclination

noun

That toward which you are inclined to feel dislike.

A certain degree of unwillingness. Synonyms: hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance. "His hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition" , "After some hesitation he agreed"

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"Disinclination" Quotes from Famous Books

... receiving the order, showed a great disinclination to obey, and said something to the negroes, who were getting out their oars to shove off when three of our men jumped into the boat, and having secured her, the white man and two blacks were brought on ...

— The Boy who sailed with Blake • W.H.G. Kingston

... appearance, proceed to look us over as though he wanted to find out what we were up to anyway, for these owls were very inquisitive fellows. He immediately became a candidate for our pot, and as many as six were shot in one day. The men called them the "manna of the Labrador wilderness." Pete's disinclination to eat them was quickly forgotten, for hunger is a wonderful killer of prejudices, and he was as keen for them now as any ...

— The Long Labrador Trail • Dillon Wallace

... of Miss Eliza's decided and oft loudly expressed disinclination to have her do so, to Arethusa's unbounded delight, she was actually ...

— The Heart of Arethusa • Francis Barton Fox

... Her disinclination to let the winds of heaven blow too roughly on the men she loved, for whom she had always the maternal pity, brought a sharp revulsion of feeling. After all, the world was for the young. They had never refused Terry anything. In a detached way the father was very fond of his boy. ...

— Love of Brothers • Katharine Tynan

... alone. The Americans and Irish had at first reckoned upon having him with them, but had gradually turned against him. They had taken offence at his apparent disinclination to associate with them more than he could help. He seemed to think himself too good for them; and in addition to that, the seaman-like qualities which he displayed made them dislike him out of envy. But their hostility was perhaps mainly due to the boatswain, ...

— The Pilot and his Wife • Jonas Lie

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