be unwilling to do something
81shrink from — be averse to or unwilling to do (something). → shrink …
82shrink — verb (past shrank; past participle shrunk or (especially as adjective) shrunken) 1》 become or make smaller in size or amount; contract. ↘(of clothes or material) become smaller as a result of being immersed in water. 2》 move back or away in… …
83disinclined — adjective be /feel disinclined to do sth formal to be unwilling to do something: In the present case I feel disinclined to interfere in the matter …
84incredulous — adjective unable or unwilling to believe something: He raised his eyebrows and gave me an incredulous look. incredulously adverb …
85loath — adjective be loath to do sth formal to be unwilling to do something: Sarah was loath to tell her mother all that had happened …
86ashamed — ashamed, mortified, chagrined mean acutely or manifestly conscious of embarrassment and humiliation. One is ashamed whose embarrassment and humiliation are mixed sometimes with a sense of guilt and always with the awareness of being discredited… …
87disinclination — UK [ˌdɪsɪnklɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms disinclination : singular disinclination plural disinclinations formal the feeling of being unwilling to do something …
88disinclined — UK [ˌdɪsɪnˈklaɪnd] / US adjective formal unwilling to do something …
89rouse — UK [raʊz] / US verb [transitive] Word forms rouse : present tense I/you/we/they rouse he/she/it rouses present participle rousing past tense roused past participle roused 1) formal to wake someone up He was fast asleep and could not be roused. 2) …
90shy away — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms shy away : present tense I/you/we/they shy away he/she/it shies away present participle shying away past tense shied away past participle shied away to avoid someone, or to be unwilling to do something,… …
