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retiring

adjective

1 retiring

Not arrogant or presuming:
— A shy retiring girl.

synonym: unassuming.

Roget 252: depressed etc. v.; alveolate, calathiform, cup-shaped, dishing; favaginous, faveolate, favose; scyphiform, scyphose; concave, hollow, ... show more

Roget 438: blue, azure, cerulean; sky-blue, sky-colored, sky-dyed; cerulescent; powder blue, bluish; atmospheric, retiring; cold.   

2 retiring

Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office:
— A retiring member of the board.

synonyms: past, preceding.

3 retiring

Reluctant to draw attention to yourself.

synonyms: reticent, self-effacing.


Moby thesaurus: Olympian, aloof, aseptic, backward, bashful, blank, boat-shaped, boatlike, bowl-shaped, bowllike, cavelike, cavernous, chilled, chilly, cold, concave, concaved, constrained, cool, coy ... show more.

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