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disincline

disincline verb: to make reluctant; to lessen the inclination of.

Verb

disincline (third-person singular simple present disinclines, present participle disinclining, simple past and past participle disinclined)

  1. (transitive) To make reluctant; to lessen the inclination of.

disincline meaning in Bengali and Kannada

disincline in Bengali

অনিচ্ছুক করা, আগ্রহ কমিয়ে দেওয়া

disincline in Kannada

ಒಪ್ಪದಿರು, ಒಲವಿಲ್ಲದಿರು

Forms of disincline

third-person singular presentdisinclines
present participledisinclining
past participledisinclined
pastdisinclined
alternative formdisencline

Origin of disincline

From dis- + incline.

Questions about disincline

What does disincline mean?
Disincline means to make reluctant; to lessen the inclination of.
What is disincline in Bengali?
Disincline in Bengali is অনিচ্ছুক করা, আগ্রহ কমিয়ে দেওয়া. See Disincline meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is disincline?
Disincline is a verb.
What is the past tense of disincline?
The past tense of disincline is disinclined.

Words near disincline in the dictionary

  1. disincentivized
  2. disincentivizes
  3. disincentivizing
  4. disinclination
  5. disinclinations
  6. disincline
  7. disinclined
  8. disinclines
  9. disinclining
  10. disinclose
  11. disinclosed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disincline (page history and authors); disincline (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disincline (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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