disinclined

Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms, Encyclopedia.

dis·in·clined

(dĭs′ĭn-klīnd′)

adj.

Unwilling or reluctant: They were usually disinclined to socialize.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

disinclined

(ˌdɪsɪnˈklaɪnd)

adj

unwilling, reluctant, or averse

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Adj.

disinclined - unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval; "disinclined to say anything to anybody"

negative - expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

unwilling - not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling assistant"; "unwilling to face facts"

inclined - (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody"

disinclined

adjective reluctant, unwilling, averse, opposed, resistant, hesitant, balking, loath, not in the mood, indisposed, antipathetic He was disinclined to talk about himself.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

disinclined

adjective

Not inclined or willing to do or undertake:

averse, indisposed, loath, reluctant, unwilling.

Translations

عَديم الرَّغْبَه، غَيْر راغِب

neochotný

utilbøjeliguvillig

abgeneigt

frábitinn, tregur

restio riluttante avversione contrario

utilbøyelig

isteksiz

不愿意的

disinclined

[ˈdɪsɪnˈklaɪnd] ADJ (frm) to be disinclined to do sth → estar poco dispuesto a hacer algo, ser reacio a hacer algo
I feel very disinclined to go → no tengo ningunas ganas de ir

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

disinclined

[ˌdɪsɪnˈklaɪnd] adj
to be disinclined to do sth → être peu disposé(e) à faire qch, être peu enclin(e) à faire qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

disinclined

adj → abgeneigt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

disinclined

[ˈdɪsɪnˈklaɪnd] adj to be disinclined to do sth → essere poco propenso/a a fare qc

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

disinclination

(disinkliˈneiʃən) noun

unwillingness. a disinclination to work.

ˌdisinˈclined (-ˈklaind) adjective

unwilling (to do something). I am disinclined to help.

References in classic literature ?

The terrible disasters at the Ealing and South Kensington laboratories have disinclined analysts for further investigations upon the latter.

View in context

Either my foreign accent made me unintelligible, or the man's suspicions disinclined him to trust me.

View in context

And though both places were too publick to admit of any particularities, and she was farther relieved by the musick at the one place, and by the cards at the other, she could not, however, enjoy herself in his company; for there is something of delicacy in women, which will not suffer them to be even easy in the presence of a man whom they know to have pretensions to them which they are disinclined to favour.

View in context

In the next room she slept, and in the third and last she harbored a gasoline stove on which she cooked her meals when disinclined to descend to the neighboring restaurant.

View in context

Dowlas consented to go as a second person disinclined to act officially; and so poor Silas, furnished with some old coverings, turned out with his two companions into the rain again, thinking of the long night-hours before him, not as those do who long to rest, but as those who expect to "watch for the morning".

View in context

Fanny was very anxious to be useful, and not to appear above her home, or in any way disqualified or disinclined, by her foreign education, from contributing her help to its comforts, and therefore set about working for Sam immediately; and by working early and late, with perseverance and great despatch, did so much that the boy was shipped off at last, with more than half his linen ready.

View in context

The prospect of that dinner in the intimate home circle of the man he so admired had greatly interested Prince Andrew, especially as he had not yet seen Speranski in his domestic surroundings, but now he felt disinclined to go to it.

View in context

She nodded, but seemed disinclined to say more about it.

View in context

Levin sat down by them; he felt disinclined to go away.

View in context

I am greatly, greatly, disinclined to profit by it.

View in context

There was some cogent reason why every "sister" there was disinclined for company.

View in context

The others would as naturally be disinclined to a revision, which was likely to end in an increase of their own incumbrances.