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reticent

adjective

1 reticent

Temperamentally disinclined to talk.

synonym: untalkative.

Roget 528: concealed etc. v.; hidden; secret, recondite, mystic, cabalistic, occult, dark; cryptic, cryptical; private, ... show more

Roget 585: silent, mute, mum; silent as a post, silent as a stone, silent as the grave etc. (still) 403; dumb etc. 581; unconversable.    taciturn, ... show more

2 reticent

Cool and formal in manner.

synonyms: restrained, unemotional.

3 reticent

Reluctant to draw attention to yourself.

synonyms: retiring, self-effacing.


Moby thesaurus: Olympian, aloof, backward, bashful, blank, chilled, chilly, close, close-lipped, close-tongued, closemouthed, cold, constrained, cool, detached, discreet, distant, expressionless, forbidding, frigid ... show more.

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