| 单词 | uncommunicative |
| 释义 | uncommunicative (once / 15471 pages) adj Hello? Is anyone reading this? Please respond. Well, it seems that you’re uncommunicative, and you’re not willing to talk for whatever reason. How lonely. Someone who is uncommunicative has trouble communicating. Maybe they’re tired or grumpy, or maybe their cell phone battery died. The Latin adjective for "shared" is a root word, and no matter why, an uncommunicative person won’t share much, maybe only a few words, sometimes no words at all. You can also say that a book is uncommunicative if it’s very confusing and doesn’t make sense to you. Or you can just stop reading. WORD FAMILYuncommunicative: uncommunicatively, uncommunicativeness+/communicable: communicably, noncommunicable/communicate: communicable, communicated, communicates, communicating, communication, communicative, communicator, communicatory, intercommunicate/communication: communicational, communications/communicative: communicatively, communicativeness, incommunicative, uncommunicative/communicator: communicators/intercommunicate: intercommunicating, intercommunication/intercommunication: intercommunications USAGE EXAMPLESIt is difficult to read policy in Laos because its leaders are so uncommunicative, but Western diplomats have detected some shifts. Reuters(Aug 27, 2016) The new show tailors interior designs to a family’s problems: an uncommunicative teen, or a retired father who lacks authority. Economist(Jul 21, 2016) He writes when he’s irate or sad, feelings that creep up on him often, sending him into an uncommunicative, walled-off state. Washington Post(Jun 16, 2016) adj not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions Syn|Ant incommunicative inarticulate, unarticulate without or deprived of the use of speech or words blank, vacuousvoid of expression close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlippedinclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressivedeliberately impassive in manner incommunicadowithout the means or right to communicate inexpressivenot expressive mum, silentfailing to speak or communicate etc when expected to unpronounceable, unutterablevery difficult to pronounce correctly taciturnhabitually reserved and uncommunicative communicative, communicatory able or tending to communicate articulateexpressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language anecdotal, anecdotic, anecdoticalcharacterized by or given to telling anecdotes Bantu-speakingable to communicate in Bantu blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing, tattlingprone to communicate confidential information chatty, gossipy, newsyprone to friendly informal communication communicablereadily communicated communicationalused in communication English-speakingable to communicate in English expansive, talkativefriendly and open and willing to talk expressivecharacterized by expression Finno-Ugric-speakingable to communicate in a Finno-Ugric language Flemish-speakingable to communicate in Flemish French-speakingable to communicate in French Gaelic-speakingable to communicate in Gaelic German-speakingable to communicate in German gesticulatingmaking gestures while speaking gestural, nonverbalbeing other than verbal communication gestural, sign, sign-language, signedused of the language of the deaf heraldicindicative of or announcing something to come Icelandic-speakingable to communicate in Icelandic Italian-speakingable to communicate in Italian Japanese-speakingable to communicate in Japanese Kannada-speakingable to communicate in Kannada Livonian-speakingable to communicate in Livonian narrativeconsisting of or characterized by the telling of a story nonverbalinvolving little use of language nonverballacking verbal skill openheartedfreely communicative; candidly straightforward Oscan-speakingable to communicate in Oscan outspoken, vocalgiven to expressing yourself freely or insistently Russian-speakingable to communicate in Russian Samoyedic-speakingable to communicate in Samoyedic Semitic-speakingable to communicate in a Semitic language Siouan-speakingable to communicate in a Siouan language Spanish-speakingable to communicate in Spanish Turkic-speakingable to communicate in Turkic verbalcommunicated in the form of words yarn-spinninginclined to tell long and involved stories (often of incredible happenings) volublemarked by a ready flow of speech |
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