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taciturn

Main Entry:
taciturn [tas-i-turn]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: uncommunicative
Synonyms: aloof, antisocial, brooding, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, cold, curt, distant, dour, dried-up, dumb, laconic, mum, mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, sententious, silent, sparing, speechless, tight-lipped, unexpressive, unforthcoming, withdrawn
Antonyms: communicative, fluent, talkative, wordy
Main Entry: closemouthed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: silent, reserved
Synonyms: buttoned up, clammed up, close, close-lipped, dummied up, have tight chops, hush-hush, on the Q. T., quiet, reticent, sedate, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, zipped one's lips
Antonyms: chatty, open, talkative
Main Entry: impassive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: aloof, cool
Synonyms: apathetic, callous, cold, cold-blooded, collected, composed, dispassionate, dry, emotionless, hardened, heartless, imperturbable, indifferent, indurated, inexcitable, inexpressive, inscrutable, insensible, insusceptible, matter-of-fact, nonchalant, passionless, phlegmatic, placid, poker-faced, reserved, reticent, sedate, self-contained, serene, spiritless, stoic, stoical, stolid, taciturn, unconcerned, unemotional, unexcitable, unfeeling, unflappable, unimpressible, unmoved, unruffled, wooden
Notes: impassioned means characterized by intense emotion or full of passion, while impassive means having or revealing little emotion
Antonyms: emotional, feeling, passionate, responsive, sensitive, susceptible, warm
Main Entry: morose
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: depressed, pessimistic
Synonyms: acrimonious, blue*, brusque, cantankerous, choleric, churlish, crabbed, crabby, cranky*, cross, dolorous, dour, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, frowning, gloomy, glum, grouchy, gruff, harsh, having blue devils, having the blahs, ill-humored, ill-tempered, in a bad mood, in a blue funk, irritable, low, melancholy, moody, moping, mournful, perverse, perversive, sad, saturnine, singing the blues, snappish, sour, splenetic, sulky, sullen, surly, taciturn, testy, troubled, ugly
Antonyms: cheerful, friendly, happy, light-hearted, optimistic, uplifted
Main Entry: quiet
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: without or with little sound
Synonyms: buttoned up, clammed 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, reticent, secretive, silent, soft, soundless, speechless, still, stilled, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unexpressed, unspeaking, unuttered, whist
Notes: quiet (noun) is the absence of sound - (verb) to make calm, still, or quiet - (adjective) free of noise or uproar or making little if any sound; quite means to the greatest extent or actually, really, or truly
Antonyms: boisterous, clamorous, loud, noisy
Main Entry: reserved
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: silent, unsociable; constrained
Synonyms: aloof, backward, bashful, cautious, ceremonious, close, close-mouthed, cold*, collected, composed, conventional, cool, demure, diffident, distant, eremitic, formal, frigid, gentle, icy*, mild, misanthropic, modest, noncommittal, offish, peaceful, placid, prim, quiet, reclusive, restrained, reticent, retiring, secretive, sedate, self-contained, serene, shy, soft-spoken, solitary, standoffish, taciturn, unapproachable, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, undemonstrative, unresponsive, withdrawn
Antonyms: extroverted, friendly, outgoing, sociable
Main Entry: reticent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secretive, quiet
Synonyms: bashful, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, dried up, dummied up, hesitant, mum, reserved, restrained, shy, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, unspeaking, uptight*
Antonyms: communicative, forward, unrestrained
Main Entry: secretive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: uncommunicative
Synonyms: backstairs, buttoned up, cagey, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, covert, cryptic, enigmatic, feline, furtive, hushed, in chambers, in privacy, in private, in the background, in the dark, on the QT, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, undercover, unforthcoming, withdrawn, zipped
Antonyms: communicative, forthright, honest, open
Main Entry: silent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: quiet; speechless
Synonyms: bashful, buttoned up, checked, clammed up, close, closed up, closemouthed, curbed, dumb, dummied up, faint, hush, hushed, iced, inarticulate, incoherent, inconversable, indistinct, inhibited, laconic, mousy, mum, mute, muted, noiseless, nonvocal, not talkative, reserved, restrained, reticent, shy, silentious, soundless, still, struck dumb, taciturn, tongue-tied, unclear, uncommunicative, unheard, unsociable, unspeaking, voiceless, wordless, zipped
Antonyms: clamorous, communicative, noisy, talkative
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