Reserved, retiring, modest.
单词 | θ155646 |
释义 | society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > retiring or withdrawn (13) soleinc1450 Reserved, retiring, modest. retiring1566 Of a person, or a person's character, behaviour, etc.: shy; unassertive; reserved. retireda1616 = retiring, adj. 1. Now rare. oyster-like1665 resembling an oyster; esp. (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative (staying inside one's ‘shell’). squab1689 Reserved, quiet. Obsolete. rare. shy of oneself1722 shy of oneself: unwilling to expose oneself. indrawn1751 Drawn in. as adj., or before noun/ˈɪndrɔːn/. Also figurative. introverted1850 Of the mind or thought: Directed inwards upon itself, or upon that which is inward or spiritual. Also transferred of a person: Given to… background1896 attributive or as adj. Keeping in the background; retiring. colloquial. retreative1898 Of or relating to retreat (in various senses); characterized by retreat or reserve; retreating. introvert1916 Psychology. A person characterized by introversion; a withdrawn or reserved person; opposed to extrovert, n. Also attributive and as adj. introversive1923 Characterized by introversion (sense 1b). withdrawn1932 In various senses of the verb; sometimes in a purely static sense, secluded; also of mental state, detached. Also spec. in Psychology, characterized… |
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