Synonym Game

disinclination

[dis-in-kluh-ney-shuhn, dis-in-] Origin

dis·in·cli·na·tion

[dis-in-kluh-ney-shuhn, dis-in-]
noun
the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness.

Origin:
1640–50; dis-1 + inclination
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To disinclination

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Disinclination has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
Collins
World English Dictionary
disincline (ˌdɪsɪnˈklaɪn)
 
vb
to make or be unwilling, reluctant, or averse
 
disinclination
 
n

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

disinclination
1640s, from dis- + inclination.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT