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RETICENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reluctant to draw attention to yourself
Synonyms:
reticent; retiring; self-effacing
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Similar:
unassertive (inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cool and formal in manner
Synonyms:
restrained; reticent; unemotional
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Similar:
undemonstrative (not given to open expression of emotion)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Temperamentally disinclined to talk
Synonyms:
reticent; untalkative
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Adjectives
Similar:
taciturn (habitually reserved and uncommunicative)
Derivation:
reticence (the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary)
