unwilling
/ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ/
unwilling adjective: not willing; reluctant.
Adjective
unwilling (comparative more unwilling, superlative most unwilling)
unwilling meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
unwilling in Hindi
- अनिच्छुक
unwilling in Tamil
- விருப்பமற்ற, நாட்டமில்லாத
unwilling in Urdu
- بےدل, ناخوش, نارضامند
unwilling in Bengali
- unwilling
- নারাজ naraj
More languagesFewer languages
- unwilling in Malayalam
- മനസ്സില്ലാത്ത, ഇഷ്ടമില്ലാത്ത, വിമുഖമായ, തയ്യാറില്ലാത്ത
- unwilling in Kannada
- ಒಪ್ಪದ, ಒಗ್ಗದ, ಒಪ್ಪಿಗೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಮಾಡಿದ
- unwilling in Odia
- ଅନିଚ୍ଛୁକ
- unwilling in Nepali
- अनिच्छुक
- unwilling in Persian
- بیمیل bi-meyl
Examples of unwilling in a sentence
- The visitors were hovering at the door, seemingly unwilling to enter.
- The studio bosses were unwilling to approve the answer print of the novice director's debut.
- Unwilling to try his hardest, Jason instead chose to bring it weak at the gym, and didn't even break a sweat.
Forms of unwilling
| comparative | more unwilling |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unwilling |
Origin of unwilling
From un- + willing.
Words formed from unwilling
Words that rhyme with unwilling
- filling
- milling
- shilling
- billing
- quilling
- chilling
- killing
- take the shilling
- drilling
- fulfilling
- grilling
- spilling
10 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about unwilling
- What does unwilling mean?
- Unwilling means not willing; reluctant.
- What is unwilling in Hindi?
- Unwilling in Hindi is अनिच्छुक. See Unwilling meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unwilling?
- Unwilling is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unwilling?
- Unwilling is pronounced /ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ/.
Words near unwilling in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unwilling (page history and authors); unwilling (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unwilling (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unwilling (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); নারাজ (Bengali) (page history and authors); unwilling (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unwilling (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unwilling (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unwilling (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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