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Disinclined   /dˌɪsɪnklˈaɪnd/   Listen
Disinclined

adjective
1.
Unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval.


Disincline

verb
(past & past part. disinclined; pres. part. disinclining)
1.
Make unwilling.  Synonym: indispose.





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"Disinclined" Quotes from Famous Books



... who frequented the market, although many there were, who cast a longing eye on so valuable a piece of property. Some of the people were disposed to look upon it as a fetish, and the seller was by no means disinclined to invest it with that character, as he then knew, he could demand for it whatever price he pleased. The owner of it, however, from the exorbitant price which he put upon the piece of English crockery, carried it home with him, and dearly did he repent that he did not accept of the ...
— Lander's Travels - The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa • Robert Huish
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... fields of the South he found his position by her side more and more agreeable and interesting. She was a girl of remarkable intelligence. He had observed that she was not afraid of silence. Her tongue was not forever going. In fact she seemed disinclined to talk unless she had ...
— The Victim - A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis • Thomas Dixon
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... occurred, and yet refusing to believe that his hope of making good bargains with European traders was at an end. Surely nothing, thought the captain, will convince the old rascal now; and he moved off in disgust. The orderly, however, who had listened with much amusement, was by no means disinclined for the conversation to be continued. "Are you satisfied, ...
— Off on a Comet • Jules Verne
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... did not go straight home. He felt disinclined for the City, and drawn by need for sympathy in his triumph, he, too, made his way, but slowly and on foot, to Timothy's in ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy
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... because really they were both wrapped in the great joy of a glorious hour and disinclined to dwell upon fancies about a woman who had died five hundred years ago, or on metaphysical speculations. Also the fear of what might follow upon that hour haunted them more vividly than any hovering ghost, if ...
— Love Eternal • H. Rider Haggard
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