reservedadjective
uk/rɪˈzɜːvd/us/rɪˈzɝːvd/reserved adjective (PERSON)
B2 Reserved people do not often talk about or show their feelings or thoughts:
a quiet, reserved woman
The English have a reputation for being reserved.
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Not being friendly
- (at) daggers drawn idiom
- abrasive
- aloof
- antisocial
- asocial
- austere
- estrange
- estranged
- forbidding
- frostily
- give sb the time of day idiom
- hostile
- mixer
- saturnine
- sour
- unwelcoming
- wintry
- with friends like you, who needs enemies? idiom
- withdraw
- withdrawal
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Not showing or feeling emotions
reserved adjective (KEPT)
Reserved tickets, seats, etc. are ones that you have arranged to be kept for you:
May I sit here, or is this seat/table reserved?
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Keeping and storing things
- appropriate
- aside
- bank
- capture
- cling
- cling (on) to sth
- earmark
- lay
- lay sth in
- maintain
- pack sth away
- put sth away
- repository
- reserve
- storage
- store
- store sth up
- stow
- stow (sth) away
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Unavailable and inaccessible