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Disinclined vs Indisposed vs Hesitant vs Reluctant vs Loath vs Averse

Disinclined, indisposed, hesitant, reluctantloath, averse mean manifesting neither the will nor the desire to do or to have anything to do with something indicated or understood.

Disinclined implies a lack of taste or inclination for something for which one has no natural bent or which meets one’s disapproval.

Indisposed implies an unfavorable or often a hostile or unsympathetic attitude.

Hesitant suggests a holding back through fear, distaste, uncertainty, or irresolution.

Reluctant adds to hesitant a definite resistance or sense of unwillingness.

Loath stresses the lack of harmony between something one anticipates doing and his likes or dislikes, tastes or distastes, or sympathies or antipathies; thus, a tender person may be loath to punish a refractory child but a strict disciplinarian would be loath to allow that child to go unpunished; one may be loath to believe a well-founded report that discredits a friend and equally loath to disbelieve a rumor that confirms his bad opinion of a person.