reluctant

Unwilling; disinclined.

Exhibiting or marked by unwillingness.

Offering resistance; opposing.

Striving against some opposing force; struggling or resisting.

Struggling against some requirement, demand, or duty; unwilling; acting with repugnance; loath; as, he was very reluctant to go.

Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with unwillingness: as, reluctant obedience.

Not readily brought to any specified behavior or action.

Synonyms Averse, Reluctant (see averse), disinclined, opposed, backward, slow.

Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.

Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance.