| NOUN | attribute | unwillingness, involuntariness | the trait of being unwilling |
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| Sounds | ahnwih'lihngnihs | |
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| Rhymes | abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs... | |
| Meaning | The trait of being unwilling. | |
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| Example | "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made" | |
| Synonym | involuntariness | |
| Narrower | reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition | A certain degree of unwillingness |
| resistance | (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness | |
| Broader | disposition, temperament | Your usual / usual mood |
| Opposite | willingness | cheerful compliance |
| Spanish | desgana, noluntad, reticencia, roncería | |
| Catalan | desgana, mala disposició, reticència | |
| Adjectives | unwilling | not disposed or inclined toward |
| unwilling | in spite of contrary volition | |
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