English-Thai Dictionary
unwilling
ADJ ฝืนใจ ซึ่ง ถูก บังคับ จำยอม จำทน against disinclined willing eager fuen-jai
unwilling
ADJ ไม่เต็มใจ ไม่ สมัครใจ hesitating reluctant ready willing mai-tem-jai
unwillingly
ADV อย่าง ไม่เต็มใจ yang-mai-tem-jai
unwillingness
N ความ ไม่เต็มใจ reluctance kwam-mai-tem-jai
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
UNWILLING
a.Not willing; loth; disinclined; reluctant; as an unwilling servant.
UNWILLINGLY
adv. Not with good will; not cheerfully; reluctantly.
UNWILLINGNESS
n.Loathness; disinclination; reluctance.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
UNWILLING
UNWILLING Un *will "ing, a.
Defn: Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant. And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, "Keep your piece nine years. " Pope. -- Un *will "ing *ly, adv. -- Un *will "ing *ness, n.
New American Oxford Dictionary
unwilling
un will ing |ˌənˈwiliNG ˌənˈwɪlɪŋ | ▶adjective [ often with infinitive ] not ready, eager, or prepared to do something: he was unwilling to take on that responsibility | unwilling conscripts. DERIVATIVES un will ing ly adverb ORIGIN Old English unwillende (see un- 1, willing ).
unwillingness
un will ing ness |ˌənˈwiliNGnis | ▶noun the quality or state of being unwilling to do something; reluctance: he deplored the government's unwillingness to provide adequate funds.
Oxford Dictionary
unwilling
un |will ¦ing |ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ | ▶adjective [ often with infinitive ] not ready, eager, or prepared to do something: he was unwilling to take on that responsibility | unwilling conscripts. DERIVATIVES unwillingly adverb ORIGIN Old English unwillende (see un- 1, willing ).
unwillingness
un |will ¦ing |ness |ʌnˈwɪlɪŋnɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality or state of being unwilling to do something; reluctance: he deplored the Government's unwillingness to provide adequate funds.
American Oxford Thesaurus
unwilling
unwilling adjective 1 unwilling conscripts: reluctant, unenthusiastic, hesitant, resistant, grudging, involuntary, forced. ANTONYMS keen. 2 he was unwilling to take on that responsibility: disinclined, reluctant, averse, loath; (be unwilling to do something ) not have the heart to, balk at, refuse to, demur at, shy away from, flinch from, shrink from, have qualms about, have misgivings about, have reservations about. ANTONYMS keen. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
unwillingness
unwillingness adjective their unwillingness to subsidize a school lunch program: disinclination, reluctance, hesitation, diffidence, wavering, vacillation, resistance, foot-dragging, objection, opposition, doubts, second thoughts, scruples, qualms, misgivings.
Oxford Thesaurus
unwilling
unwilling adjective 1 unwilling conscripts: reluctant, unenthusiastic, hesitant, afraid, resistant, grudging, involuntary, forced, enforced. ANTONYMS willing, keen. 2 he was unwilling to take on that responsibility: disinclined, reluctant, averse, loath, indisposed, not in the mood, slow, not about; (be unwilling to do something ) not have the heart to, baulk at, jib at, demur at, shy away from, flinch from, recoil from, shrink from, mind, have qualms about, have scruples about, have misgivings about, have reservations about, stick at, think twice about, waver about, vacillate about, drag one's feet /heels over, can't be bothered doing something; informal be cagey about, boggle at; archaic sweer, disrelish something. ANTONYMS willing, keen. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
unwillingness
unwillingness adjective he deplored the Government's unwillingness to provide adequate funds: disinclination, reluctance, slowness, lack of enthusiasm; hesitation, hesitance, hesitancy, diffidence, coyness, timidity, timorousness, trepidation, backwardness (in coming forward ); aversion to, dislike for, distaste for; demurral, wavering, vacillation, foot-dragging; resistance to, objection to, opposition to; doubts, second thoughts, scruples, qualms, pangs of conscience, misgivings; archaic disrelish; rare indisposedness, nolence, nolition, sweerness.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
unwilling
un will ing /ʌ̀nwɪ́lɪŋ /形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〖be ～ to do 〗…する気がない, …したくない, …するのは気が進まない ▸ She was unwilling to talk to me .彼女は私に話しかけたくなかった (!話しかけなかったことを含意し, reluctantと異なる ) 2 〖名詞 の前で 〗いやいやしている, 不本意な 〈行為など 〉▸ unwilling service いやいやながらの奉仕 ～ness 名詞
unwillingly
ù n w í ll ing ly 副詞 いやそうに, しぶしぶ .
The Wordsmith Dictionary