réticent
French → English
(behavior) Reluctant: showing hesitation or an unwillingness to do something or to agree with an idea.
Le maire est très réticent à l'idée de construire un nouveau centre commercial en périphérie de la ville.
(English) The mayor is very reluctant to the idea of building a new shopping mall on the outskirts of the town.
Malgré ses doutes, elle n'est plus réticente à signer ce contrat après avoir lu les garanties.
(English) Despite her doubts, she is no longer reluctant to sign this contract after reading the guarantees.
(speech) Reticent: being intentionally vague or omitting parts of what should be said.
Le témoin est resté réticent lors de son interrogatoire, évitant soigneusement de nommer ses complices.
(English) The witness remained reticent during his interrogation, carefully avoiding naming his accomplices.
Son discours réticent laissait deviner qu'il cachait une partie de la vérité aux journalistes.
(English) His reticent speech suggested that he was hiding part of the truth from the journalists.
Entry ID: fr:en:réticent · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary