disinclined

3 definitions found

disinclined - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Disincline \Dis`in*cline"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinclined;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Disinclining.]
     To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight
     aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.
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           Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or
           affection to the Queen.                  --Clarendon.
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           To social scenes by nature disinclined.  --Cowper.
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disinclined - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  disinclined
      adj 1: unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval;
             "disinclined to say anything to anybody" [ant:
             inclined(p)]

disinclined - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "disinclined":
     afraid, allergic, antipathetic, at odds, averse, backward, balking,
     boggling, cursory, differing, disaffected, disagreeing,
     disenchanted, disobedient, displeased, doubtful, dubious, forced,
     fractious, hesitant, hostile, indisposed, indocile, involuntary,
     loath, mutinous, not charmed, objecting, opposed, opposing,
     perfunctory, protesting, put off, recalcitrant, refractory,
     reluctant, resistant, resisting, shy, sticking, stickling, sulky,
     sullen, unconsenting, unfriendly, unsympathetic, unwilling