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单词 tight-lipped
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tight-lippedadjective

uk/ˌtaɪtˈlɪpt/us/ˌtaɪtˈlɪpt/

Someone who is tight-lipped is pressing their lips together to avoid showing anger, or is refusing to speak about something:

He's been very tight-lipped about what happened at the meeting.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Falling silent and not speaking

  • bite
  • clam
  • gob
  • have nothing to say for yourself idiom
  • hear
  • hold
  • hold your tongue idiom
  • incommunicado
  • keep (yourself) to yourself
  • keep your mouth shut idiom
  • let sth rest idiom
  • lost
  • pipe down
  • radio silence
  • rest
  • save your breath idiom
  • silence
  • speak
  • uncommunicative
  • unsaid

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tight-lippedadjective

us/ˈtɑɪt ˈlɪpt/

refusing to say very much about something:

He remained tight-lipped about whether the union would declare a strike.
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