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clammed up
adjective as in closemouthed
adjective as in hushed
adjective as in incommunicable
adjective as in incommunicative
adjective as in inobtrusive
Weak matches
- buttoned-up
- close
- close-mouthed
- could hear a pin drop
- dumb
- hushed
- hushful
- inaudible
- low
- low-pitched
- muffled
- mute
- muted
- noiseless
- not saying boo
- peaceful
- quiescent
- quieted
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- secretive
- silent
- soft
- soundless
- speechless
- still
- stilled
- subdued
- taciturn
- tasteful
- tight-lipped
- uncommunicative
- unexpressed
- unobtrusive
- unspeaking
- unuttered
- whist
adjective as in mum
adjective as in noncommittal
adjective as in quiet
adjective as in reticent
adjective as in secretive
adjective as in silent
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- bashful
- buttoned-up
- checked
- close
- closed-up
- closemouthed
- curbed
- dumb
- dummied up
- faint
- hush
- iced
- inarticulate
- incoherent
- inconversable
- indistinct
- inhibited
- laconic
- mousy
- muted
- noiseless
- nonvocal
- not talkative
- reserved
- shy
- silentious
- soundless
- still
- struck dumb
- taciturn
- tongue-tied
- unclear
- uncommunicative
- unheard
- unsociable
- unspeaking
- voiceless
- wordless
- zipped
adjective as in speechless
adjective as in still
adjective as in taciturn
adjective as in tight-lipped
adjective as in tightlipped
adjective as in uncommunicable
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Example Sentences
He only really clammed up when it came to talking about relationships.
But when pressed on the nature of their relationship—which Stiviano has characterized as platonic—Sterling clammed up.
When I asked for more details, and if he would go on record, he politely clammed up and walked away.
I said I was there to ask questions about Greg Mortenson, and the cops clammed up.
When Peruvian authorities refused to send him back to Aruba, he clammed up.
Kellner had clammed up, and when the now suspicious editor had tried to check Colquhoun's tale personally, Colquhoun had vanished.
But he clammed up about that, hoping to keep it a secret until he could go back and claim it.
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On this page you'll find 585 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to clammed up, such as: buttoned-up, close, close-lipped, dummied up, have tight chops, and hush-hush.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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