Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
not disposed or inclined toward;
- Example: "an unwilling assistant"- Example: "unwilling to face facts"2.
in spite of contrary volition;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unwilling \Un*will"ing\, a.
Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling
servant.
[1913 Webster]
And drop at last, but in unwilling ears,
This saving counsel, "Keep your piece nine years."
--Pope.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*will"ing*ly, adv. --
Un*will"ing*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unwilling
adj 1: not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling
assistant"; "unwilling to face facts" [ant: willing]
2: in spite of contrary volition
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "unwilling":
afraid, at odds, automatic, averse, backward, blind, compulsive,
conditioned, cursory, deaf to, declinatory, differing, disagreeing,
disinclined, disobedient, forced, fractious, hesitant, impulsive,
indisposed, indocile, instinctive, involuntary, loath, mechanical,
mutinous, negative, nonconsenting, opposed, perfunctory,
recalcitrant, reflex, reflexive, refractory, rejective, reluctant,
resistant, sulky, sullen, uncomplaisant, uncompliant, uncomplying,
unconscious, unconsenting, uncooperative, uneager, unintentional,
unthinking, unwilled, unwitting