ADJECTIVE | all | reticent, untalkative | temperamentally disinclined to talk / talk / talk |
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all | reticent, restrained, unemotional | cool and formal in manner | |
all | reticent, self-effacing, retiring | reluctant to draw attention to yourself |
Sounds | reh'tihsahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | temperamentally disinclined to talk / talk / talk. | |
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Synonym | untalkative | |
Broader | taciturn | Habitually reserved and uncommunicative |
Spanish | reservado, reticente | |
Catalan | reticent | |
Nouns | reticence | the trait of being uncommunicative |
Meaning | Cool and formal in manner. | |
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Synonyms | restrained, unemotional | |
Broader | undemonstrative | not given to open expression of emotion |
Spanish | reservado, reticente | |
Catalan | reticent |
Meaning | reluctant to draw attention to yourself. | |
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Synonyms | self-effacing, retiring | |
Broader | unassertive | Inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence |
Spanish | humilde, modesto | |
Catalan | humil, modest | |
Adverbs | reticently | with reticence |
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