Taciturn
['tæsɪtɜːn] or ['tæsɪtɝn]
Definition
(a.) Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Silent (by habit), reserved, uncommunicative, close, unconversable, reticent, of few words, sparing of words.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Silent, reserved, inconversible, uncommunicative, close, mute, pauciloquous,reticent
ANT:Open, unreserved, conversible, communicative, fluent, chatty, talkative,garrulous, chattering, loquacious, multiloquous, prating, prattling, twaddling,verbose, gabbling, cackling
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Examples
- At any rate he sickened, and after opposing to the malady a taciturn resistance for a day or two, was obliged to keep his chamber. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was a taciturn, serious man the rest of the day. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All that day and the next and the next Holmes was in a mood which his friends would call taciturn, and others morose. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Which was so long a time for him to remain taciturn, that the fact may be considered wholly unprecedented. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There she sat, staid and taciturn-looking, as usual, in her brown stuff gown, her check apron, white handkerchief, and cap. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- On all, he was most impenetrably taciturn. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She is no angel, but a fair, regular-featured, taciturn-looking woman--rather too white and lifeless for my taste. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- From a taciturn man I believe she would transform me into a talker. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is when he is on a scent and is not quite absolutely sure yet that it is the right one that he is most taciturn. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He appeared a taciturn, and perhaps a proud personage; but he was very kind to me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- That there Roger Cly, master, said Mr. Cruncher, with a taciturn and iron-bound visage. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But you know what Mr Merdle is; you know how taciturn and reserved he is. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I am only taciturn, phlegmatic, and joyless. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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