Was heißt »re­ni­tent« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv »re­ni­tent« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • reluctant
  • recalcitrant

Synonyme

auf­müp­fig:
rebellious
auf­säs­sig:
obstreperous
recalcitrantly
be­ra­tungs­re­sis­tent:
fixed in one's views
dick­köp­fig:
obstinate
stubborn
ei­gen­sin­nig:
froward
hardheaded
headstrong
obstinate
opinionated
pig-headed
pigheaded
self-opinionated
stubborn
wayward
wilful
willful
hals­star­rig:
obstinate
stubborn
hart­nä­ckig:
adamantine
besetting
bulldog
confirmed
do-or-die
dogged
doggedly
insistent
intractable
obstinate
obstinately
persevering
persistent
pertinacious
pertinaciously
refractory
stiff-necked
strongheaded
stubborn
stubbornly
tenacious
tough
re­bel­lisch:
insurgent
mutinous
rebellious
recht­ha­be­risch:
bossily
bossy
dogmatic
dogmatically
know-all
self-opinionated
starr­köp­fig:
obstinate
stubborn
starr­sin­nig:
obstinate
stubborn
stör­risch:
balky
stubborn
stur:
obstinate
stubborn
trot­zig:
awkward
defiant
difficult
un­ar­tig:
naughty
un­be­lehr­bar:
inconvincible
stubborn
unconvincible
unteachable
un­ge­hor­sam:
disobedient
non-compliant
noncompliant
un­nach­gie­big:
inflexible
intransigent
wehr­haft:
fortified
wi­der­bors­tig:
rebellious
unruly
wi­der­stän­dig:
opposing
resistant
zi­ckig:
capricious

Sinnverwandte Wörter

kom­pro­miss­los:
hard-line
intransigent
intransigently
no-holds-barred
thoroughgoing
uncompromising
uncompromisingly
un­an­ge­passt:
inadequate
inappropriate
unsuitable

Antonyme

de­vot:
submissive
füg­sam:
docile
obedient
submissive
tractable
ge­hor­sam:
dutiful
obedient
lenk­bar:
dirigible
steerable
tractable
wil­len­los:
weak-willed
will­fäh­rig:
compliant
submissive

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The mother was reluctant to leave her children alone.

  • Some soldiers were reluctant to obey the commands.

  • He was reluctant to go there.

  • She was reluctant to reveal her secret.

  • She is reluctant to marry him.

  • Tom is reluctant to leave.

  • Tom is reluctant.

  • Some employers are reluctant to take on people who have recently been released from jail.

  • She was reluctant to marry him.

  • Tom was reluctant to admit it.

  • You don't seem to understand why I'm reluctant to do that.

  • Tom seemed to be reluctant to help me.

  • Tom seemed reluctant to say anything.

  • Tom looked reluctant to do that.

  • Tom said Mary seemed reluctant to eat what he had cooked for her.

  • Tom and Mary told John that they didn't think Alice would be reluctant to do that.

  • Tom and Mary told John that they thought Alice wouldn't be reluctant to do that.

  • Tom and Mary told John that they thought Alice would be reluctant to do that.

  • Why are Tom and Mary reluctant to do that?

  • Why are you so reluctant?

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: renitent. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: renitent. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 44054, 43818, 290444, 314713, 316249, 1868169, 2236832, 3703232, 4022743, 5899211, 6228975, 6345165, 6345831, 6349737, 6404289, 6492511, 6492586, 6492771, 6511309 & 6639760. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR