adjective
: unwilling because of lack of inclination or through mild doubt or disapproval
disinclined to go out
disinclined to accept his story
: lacking desire
disinclined for conversation
Synonyms:
disinclined , indisposed , hesitant , reluctant , loath (or loth ), and averse can mean, in common, not having or not seeming to have the full will or desire to do, or have to do with, a thing indicated or implied. disinclined implies a lack of taste or inclination
disinclined to go to the movies
the Italian, so affable as a rule, was rather preoccupied and disinclined for talk — Norman Douglas
the various writers are disinclined to come to real grips with the vexed question of public control in industry — M.R.Cohen
indisposed implies an unfavorable, often hostile or unsympathetic attitude
they were indisposed to put money into foolish enterprises
hesitant implies a holding back as through fear, uncertainty, or irresolution
he smiled, in a hesitant way, as though not sure how Walter would take such familiarity on his part — T.B.Costain
hesitant about spending the money required to build an experimental plant — Harold Griffin
reluctant implies a holding back through unwillingness
he was reluctant to speak out, afraid to let his emotions seize upon his speech — V.L.Parrington
worked only one shift, because workers were reluctant to change their accustomed hours — Time
his passionate appeal to their loyalty wrested a reluctant assent to the prosecution of the war — J.R.Green
loath connotes a prospective act incompatible with one's feelings, convictions, or makeup
Frederick stood at the door, loath to go without some shred of victory to take with him — Irwin Shaw
loth to perjure himself
publishers have been loath to publish translations of anything except our surefire sex-and-mayhem fiction — W.H.Whyte
averse suggests a turning away from something distasteful or repugnant
the adventurers, though not averse to courting, being unwilling to entangle themselves in a matrimonial alliance — Herman Melville
not insensible to the power of female beauty, nor averse from excess in wine — T.B.Macaulay
politicians … averse from political suicide — W.K.Hancock
slow of speech, tenacious of opinion, and averse … to innovation of any sort — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall