| 单词 | ↑Not saying much |
| 释义 | ↑Not saying much Not saying much — Thesaurus+: LEVEL 4 SL ↑♯ Not saying much (273) in total 1. (at) daggers drawn ⇒ ↑(at) daggers drawn 2. a few well-chosen words ⇒ ↑a few well-chosen words 3. a man/woman of few words ⇒ ↑a man/woman of few words 4. abrasive adjective (PERSON) ⇒ ↑abrasive 5. abrupt adjective (UNFRIENDLY) ⇒ ↑abrupt :: 3 × Not saying much :: 3 × Not being friendly :: 3 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 6. aloof adjective ⇒ ↑aloof 7. antagonism noun [U or C] ⇒ ↑antagonism 8. antagonistic adjective ⇒ ↑antagonistic 9. antisocial adjective ⇒ ↑antisocial :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 10. austere adjective ⇒ ↑austere :: 2 × Tedious and uninspiring :: 2 × Plain and ordinary 11. bald adjective (PLAIN) ⇒ ↑bald 12. baldly adverb ⇒ ↑baldly 13. beat around the bush (UK ALSO beat about the bush) ⇒ ↑beat around the bush 14. bluff adjective ⇒ ↑bluff 15. blunt adjective (RUDE) ⇒ ↑blunt 16. bluntly adverb ⇒ ↑bluntly 17. brevity noun [U] ⇒ ↑brevity 18. brief adjective (SHORT IN TIME) ⇒ ↑brief :: 2 × Temporary :: 2 × Short in time 19. briefly adverb (FEW WORDS) ⇒ ↑briefly 20. brusque adjective ⇒ ↑brusque 21. brutal adjective ⇒ ↑brutal :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 22. call a spade a spade INFORMAL ⇒ ↑call a spade a spade 23. chilly adjective (UNFRIENDLY) ⇒ ↑chilly 24. circumlocution noun [C or U] FORMAL ⇒ ↑circumlocution 25. clinical adjective (WITHOUT EMOTION) ⇒ ↑clinical 26. cold adjective (UNFRIENDLY) ⇒ ↑cold 27. coldly adverb ⇒ ↑coldly 28. concise adjective ⇒ ↑concise 29. cool adjective (UNFRIENDLY) ⇒ ↑cool 30. coolly adverb ⇒ ↑coolly 31. coolness noun [U] (UNFRIENDLINESS) ⇒ ↑coolness 32. crisp adjective MAINLY APPROVING (CLEAR) ⇒ ↑crisp 33. curt adjective DISAPPROVING ⇒ ↑curt :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 34. digress verb [I] ⇒ ↑digress 35. direct adjective (HONEST) ⇒ ↑direct 36. directly adverb (HONEST) ⇒ ↑directly 37. discursive adjective ⇒ ↑discursive 38. distance noun [S or U] (MANNER) ⇒ ↑distance 39. distant adjective (NOT FRIENDLY) ⇒ ↑distant 40. distantly adverb (NOT FRIENDLY) ⇒ ↑distantly 41. dour adjective ⇒ ↑dour 42. elliptical adjective FORMAL (LANGUAGE) ⇒ ↑elliptical 43. equivocate verb [I] FORMAL ⇒ ↑equivocate 44. estranged adjective ⇒ ↑estranged 45. euphemism noun [C or U] ⇒ ↑euphemism :: 2 × Polite and respectful 46. evasive adjective ⇒ ↑evasive :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 47. forbidding adjective ⇒ ↑forbidding 48. forthright adjective ⇒ ↑forthright 49. forward adjective DISAPPROVING (CONFIDENT) ⇒ ↑forward 50. forwardness noun [U] DISAPPROVING ⇒ ↑forwardness 51. frank adjective ⇒ ↑frank 52. frankly adverb ⇒ ↑frankly :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 53. frankness noun [U] ⇒ ↑frankness 54. frigid adjective (UNFRIENDLY) ⇒ ↑frigid 55. frostily adverb ⇒ ↑frostily 56. frosty adjective ⇒ ↑frosty 57. funny adjective [after verb] UK INFORMAL (UNFRIENDLY) ⇒ ↑funny 58. get on to/onto sth (SUBJECT) — phrasal verb with get verb ⇒ ↑get on to/onto sth 59. give sb the time of day ⇒ ↑give sb the time of day 60. glacial adjective (NOT FRIENDLY) ⇒ ↑glacial 61. gloss over sth — phrasal verb with gloss verb [T] ⇒ ↑gloss over sth 62. gnomic adjective FORMAL ⇒ ↑gnomic 63. go (all) round the houses UK ⇒ ↑go (all) round the houses 64. go/fly off at a tangent UK (US go off on a tangent) ⇒ ↑go/fly off at a tangent 65. gruff adjective ⇒ ↑gruff 66. has the cat got your tongue? INFORMAL ⇒ ↑has the cat got your tongue? 67. hedge verb ⇒ ↑hedge 68. hostile adjective (UNFRIENDLY) ⇒ ↑hostile 69. hostility noun [U] (UNFRIENDLINESS) ⇒ ↑hostility 70. icy adjective (UNFRIENDLY) ⇒ ↑icy 71. impersonal adjective DISAPPROVING ⇒ ↑impersonal 72. implicit adjective (SUGGESTED) ⇒ ↑implicit 73. in a word ⇒ ↑in a word 74. in the raw ⇒ ↑in the raw 75. indirect adjective (NOT OBVIOUS) ⇒ ↑indirect 76. inhospitable adjective (PERSON) ⇒ ↑inhospitable 77. laconic adjective FORMAL ⇒ ↑laconic 78. meander verb [I] (NO PURPOSE) ⇒ ↑meander 79. mincing adjective (SPEECH) ⇒ ↑mincing 80. monosyllabic adjective DISAPPROVING (PERSON) ⇒ ↑monosyllabic 81. move off sth/on (to sth) — phrasal verb with move verb ⇒ ↑move off sth/on (to sth) 82. not mince (your) words ⇒ ↑not mince (your) words 83. not pull any/your punches ⇒ ↑not pull any/your punches 84. not say boo ⇒ ↑not say boo :: 2 × Anxious and worried 85. not suffer fools gladly ⇒ ↑not suffer fools gladly 86. not to put too fine a point on ⇒ ↑not to put too fine a point on 87. not waste words ⇒ ↑not waste words 88. obfuscate verb [T] FORMAL ⇒ ↑obfuscate 89. oblique adjective (NOT DIRECT) ⇒ ↑oblique 90. obscure verb [T] ⇒ ↑obscure 91. offhand adjective (UK INFORMAL offish) ⇒ ↑offhand 92. offish adjective ⇒ ↑offish :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 93. outspoken adjective ⇒ ↑outspoken 94. parry verb [T] ⇒ ↑parry :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 95. pithy adjective (SHORT) ⇒ ↑pithy 96. preamble noun ⇒ ↑preamble 97. prevaricate verb [I] FORMAL ⇒ ↑prevaricate 98. prickly adjective ⇒ ↑prickly 99. quiet adjective ⇒ ↑quiet 100. quietly adverb ⇒ ↑quietly 101. remote adjective (NOT FRIENDLY) ⇒ ↑remote 102. reserve noun [U] (SHY BEHAVIOUR) ⇒ ↑reserve 103. reserved adjective (PERSON) ⇒ ↑reserved 104. reticent adjective FORMAL ⇒ ↑reticent 105. roundabout adjective ⇒ ↑roundabout 106. sanitize DISAPPROVING (UK USUALLY sanitise) verb [T] (CHANGE) ⇒ ↑sanitize 107. saturnine adjective LITERARY ⇒ ↑saturnine 108. short adjective (TIME) ⇒ ↑short 109. sidestep verb [I or T] ⇒ ↑sidestep :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 110. skirt verb [T, I + prep] (ALSO skirt around/round) ⇒ ↑skirt :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 111. sour adjective (BAD FEELING) ⇒ ↑sour 112. standoffish adjective INFORMAL DISAPPROVING ⇒ ↑standoffish 113. stray verb [I] ⇒ ↑stray 114. subdued adjective (MOOD) ⇒ ↑subdued 115. succinct adjective APPROVING ⇒ ↑succinct 116. suggestion noun [C or U] ⇒ ↑suggestion 117. sullen adjective ⇒ ↑sullen 118. surly adjective ⇒ ↑surly 119. tacit adjective ⇒ ↑tacit 120. taciturn adjective ⇒ ↑taciturn 121. talk round/around sth — phrasal verb with talk verb [I] ⇒ ↑talk round/around sth 122. taut adjective LITERARY (WRITING/SPEECH) ⇒ ↑taut 123. terse adjective ⇒ ↑terse :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 124. tiptoe round/around sth/sb INFORMAL — phrasal verb with tiptoe verb [I usually + adv/prep] ⇒ ↑tiptoe round/around sth/sb 125. unapproachable adjective ⇒ ↑unapproachable 126. underlying adjective [before noun] (NOT OBVIOUS) ⇒ ↑underlying 127. unfriendly adjective ⇒ ↑unfriendly 128. unsmiling adjective ⇒ ↑unsmiling 129. unsociable adjective ⇒ ↑unsociable 130. unspoken adjective ⇒ ↑unspoken 131. unvarnished adjective [before noun] ⇒ ↑unvarnished 132. unwelcoming adjective ⇒ ↑unwelcoming 133. veiled adjective ⇒ ↑veiled 134. vocal adjective (OFTEN HEARD) ⇒ ↑vocal 135. walls have ears SAYING ⇒ ↑walls have ears 136. wander verb (SUBJECT) ⇒ ↑wander 137. wintry adjective LITERARY (EXPRESSION) ⇒ ↑wintry 138. with friends like you, who needs enemies? HUMOROUS SAYING ⇒ ↑with friends like you, who needs enemies? 139. withdraw verb [I] (STOP CONTACT) ⇒ ↑withdraw 140. withdrawal noun [U] (NO CONTACT) ⇒ ↑withdrawal 141. ˌcold ˈfish noun [S] ⇒ ↑cold fish 142. ˌcold-ˈeyed adjective ⇒ ↑cold-eyed 143. ˌman-to-ˈman adjective [before noun], adverb ⇒ ↑man-to-man 144. ˌmealy-ˈmouthed adjective DISAPPROVING ⇒ ↑mealy-mouthed 145. ˌplain ˈspeaking noun [U] ⇒ ↑plain speaking 146. ˌpoint-ˈblank adverb [before noun], adjective (NOT POLITE) ⇒ ↑point-blank 147. ˌself-conˈtained adjective ⇒ ↑self-contained 148. a good/bad mixer ⇒ ↑a good/bad mixer 149. a good/bad mixer ⇒ ↑mixer 150. draw a veil over sth LITERARY ⇒ ↑draw a veil over sth 151. draw a veil over sth LITERARY ⇒ ↑veil 152. evade the issue, question, etc. ⇒ ↑evade the issue, question, etc. 153. evade the issue, question, etc. ⇒ ↑evade 154. get off the track ⇒ ↑get off the track 155. get off the track ⇒ ↑track 156. in brief ⇒ ↑brief 157. in brief ⇒ ↑in brief 158. in no uncertain terms ⇒ ↑in no uncertain terms 159. in no uncertain terms ⇒ ↑term 160. on the outs US INFORMAL ⇒ ↑on the outs 161. on the outs US INFORMAL ⇒ ↑out 162. straight out ⇒ ↑straight out 163. straight out ⇒ ↑straight 164. tell it like it is INFORMAL ⇒ ↑tell it like it is 165. tell it like it is INFORMAL ⇒ ↑tell 166. abrasively adverb ⇒ ↑abrasive 167. abrasively adverb ⇒ ↑abrasively 168. abrasiveness noun [U] ⇒ ↑abrasive 169. abrasiveness noun [U] ⇒ ↑abrasiveness 170. abruptly adverb ⇒ ↑abrupt :: 3 × Not saying much :: 3 × Not being friendly :: 3 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 171. abruptly adverb ⇒ ↑abruptly :: 3 × Not saying much :: 3 × Not being friendly :: 3 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 172. abruptness noun [U] ⇒ ↑abrupt :: 3 × Not saying much :: 3 × Not being friendly :: 3 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 173. abruptness noun [U] ⇒ ↑abruptness :: 3 × Not saying much :: 3 × Not being friendly :: 3 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 174. aloofness noun [U] ⇒ ↑aloof 175. aloofness noun [U] ⇒ ↑aloofness 176. antisocially adverb ⇒ ↑antisocial 177. antisocially adverb ⇒ ↑antisocially 178. austerely adverb ⇒ ↑austere 179. austerely adverb ⇒ ↑austerely 180. baldness noun [U] ⇒ ↑bald 181. baldness noun [U] ⇒ ↑baldness 182. belligerence noun [U] (ALSO belligerency, ) ⇒ ↑belligerence 183. belligerence noun [U] (ALSO belligerency, ) ⇒ ↑belligerent 184. bluntness noun [U] ⇒ ↑blunt 185. bluntness noun [U] ⇒ ↑bluntness 186. brusquely adverb ⇒ ↑brusque 187. brusquely adverb ⇒ ↑brusquely 188. brusqueness noun [U] ⇒ ↑brusque 189. brusqueness noun [U] ⇒ ↑brusqueness 190. brutally adverb ⇒ ↑brutal :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 191. brutally adverb ⇒ ↑brutally :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 192. coldness noun [U] ⇒ ↑cold 193. coldness noun [U] ⇒ ↑coldness 194. concisely adverb ⇒ ↑concise 195. concisely adverb ⇒ ↑concisely 196. crisply adverb ⇒ ↑crisp 197. crisply adverb ⇒ ↑crisply 198. crispness noun [U] ⇒ ↑crisp 199. crispness noun [U] ⇒ ↑crispness 200. curtly adverb ⇒ ↑curt :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 201. curtly adverb ⇒ ↑curtly :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 202. curtness noun [U] ⇒ ↑curt :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 203. curtness noun [U] ⇒ ↑curtness :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 204. digression noun [C or U] ⇒ ↑digress 205. digression noun [C or U] ⇒ ↑digression 206. dourly adverb ⇒ ↑dour 207. dourly adverb ⇒ ↑dourly 208. equivocation noun [U] ⇒ ↑equivocate 209. equivocation noun [U] ⇒ ↑equivocation 210. euphemistic adjective ⇒ ↑euphemism :: 2 × Polite and respectful 211. euphemistic adjective ⇒ ↑euphemistic :: 2 × Polite and respectful 212. euphemistically adverb ⇒ ↑euphemism 213. euphemistically adverb ⇒ ↑euphemistically 214. evasively adverb ⇒ ↑evasive :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 215. evasively adverb ⇒ ↑evasively :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 216. evasiveness noun [U] ⇒ ↑evasive :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 217. evasiveness noun [U] ⇒ ↑evasiveness :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 218. forbiddingly adverb ⇒ ↑forbidding 219. forbiddingly adverb ⇒ ↑forbiddingly 220. forthrightness noun [U] ⇒ ↑forthright 221. forthrightness noun [U] ⇒ ↑forthrightness 222. frigidity noun [U] ⇒ ↑frigid 223. frigidity noun [U] ⇒ ↑frigidity 224. frigidly adverb ⇒ ↑frigid 225. frigidly adverb ⇒ ↑frigidly 226. frostiness noun [U] ⇒ ↑frostiness 227. frostiness noun [U] ⇒ ↑frosty 228. gruffly adverb ⇒ ↑gruff 229. gruffly adverb ⇒ ↑gruffly 230. gruffness noun [U] ⇒ ↑gruff 231. gruffness noun [U] ⇒ ↑gruffness 232. icily adverb ⇒ ↑icily 233. icily adverb ⇒ ↑icy 234. obfuscation noun [U] ⇒ ↑obfuscate 235. obfuscation noun [U] ⇒ ↑obfuscation 236. obliquely adverb ⇒ ↑oblique 237. obliquely adverb ⇒ ↑obliquely 238. offhandedly adverb ⇒ ↑offhand 239. offhandedly adverb ⇒ ↑offhandedly 240. offhandedness noun [U] ⇒ ↑offhand 241. offhandedness noun [U] ⇒ ↑offhandedness 242. pithily adverb ⇒ ↑pithily 243. pithily adverb ⇒ ↑pithy 244. prevarication noun [U] ⇒ ↑prevaricate 245. prevarication noun [U] ⇒ ↑prevarication 246. reticence noun [U] ⇒ ↑reticence 247. reticence noun [U] ⇒ ↑reticent 248. sourly adverb ⇒ ↑sour 249. sourly adverb ⇒ ↑sourly 250. sourness noun [U] ⇒ ↑sour 251. sourness noun [U] ⇒ ↑sourness 252. succinctly adverb ⇒ ↑succinct 253. succinctly adverb ⇒ ↑succinctly 254. sullenly adverb ⇒ ↑sullen 255. sullenly adverb ⇒ ↑sullenly 256. sullenness noun [U] ⇒ ↑sullen 257. sullenness noun [U] ⇒ ↑sullenness 258. surliness noun [U] ⇒ ↑surliness 259. surliness noun [U] ⇒ ↑surly 260. tacitly adverb ⇒ ↑tacit 261. tacitly adverb ⇒ ↑tacitly 262. tangential adjective ⇒ ↑tangent 263. tangential adjective ⇒ ↑tangential 264. tersely adverb ⇒ ↑terse :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 265. tersely adverb ⇒ ↑tersely :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 266. terseness noun [U] ⇒ ↑terse :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 267. terseness noun [U] ⇒ ↑terseness :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 268. unfriendliness noun [U] ⇒ ↑unfriendliness 269. unfriendliness noun [U] ⇒ ↑unfriendly 270. vocally adverb ⇒ ↑vocal 271. vocally adverb ⇒ ↑vocally 272. ˌplain-ˈspoken adjective ⇒ ↑plain speaking 273. ˌplain-ˈspoken adjective ⇒ ↑plain-spoken |
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