taciturn (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *taciturn*:
ADJECTIVE	all	taciturn	habitually reserved and uncommunicative

taciturn > pronunciation
Sounds	tae'sihter.n
Rhymes	adjourn ... yearn: 61 rhymes with ern...

English > *taciturn*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Habitually reserved and uncommunicative.
Narrower	buttoned-up	(British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
Narrower	reticent, untalkative	temperamentally disinclined to talk / talk / talk
See also	concise	Expressing much in few words
See also	uncommunicative, incommunicative	not inclined to talk / talk / talk or give information or express opinions
Opposite	voluble	marked by a ready flow of speech
Spanish	taciturno
Catalan	taciturn
Nouns	taciturnity	the trait of being uncommunicative
Adverbs	taciturnly	without speaking

HyperDic: taciturn