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disinclination
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of DISINCLINATION
1
a lack of willingness or desire to do or accept something <it's an understatement to say that our dog shows a disinclination to get into the car to go to the vet>
Related Words faltering, fence-sitting, hesitation, indecision, irresolution, shilly-shallying, staggering, vacillation, wavering, wobbling (also wabbling); distrust, distrustfulness, doubt, incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, mistrustfulness, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertainty
Near Antonyms assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, conviction, positiveness, sureness, surety
Antonyms inclination, willingness
2
a strong feeling of not liking or approving <a strong disinclination for Brussels sprouts since birth>
Synonyms allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disinclination, disliking, disrelish, down [chiefly British], mislike
Related Words disgust, distaste, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion; abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, detestation, execration, hate, hatred; deprecation, disapproval, displeasure, dissatisfaction; jaundice
Near Antonyms affection, attachment, devotedness, devotion, love, passion; bent, leaning, penchant, predilection, propensity, tendency
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