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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Not given to showing emotion or feelings; reserved or distant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: frosty, standoffish, aloof, cool, distant, hankty, hard-to-get, offish, quiet, remote, strange, thorny, touch-me-not-ish, unapproachable, unbending, undemonstrative, unimpressionable, uninvolved
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
not given to open expression of emotion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: demonstrative
History
From un- + demonstrative.
