Reluctant

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth. Reluctant, but in vain. Milton. Reluctant now I touched the trembling string. Tickell.

2. Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience. Mitford.

Synonyms: Averse; unwilling; loth; disinclined; repugnant; backward; coy. See Averse.