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reticent
[ret-uh-suhnt]
adjective
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms: ,reluctant or restrained.
reticent
/ ˈɛɪəԳ /
adjective
not open or communicative; not saying all that one knows; taciturn; reserved
Other 51Թ Forms
- reticence noun
- reticency noun
- reticently adverb
- nonreticent adjective
- nonreticently adverb
- unreticent adjective
- unreticently adverb
- ˈپԳ noun
- ˈپԳٱ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of reticent1
Example Sentences
It costs a few hundred dollars a day to detain an immigrant; deportation can cost thousands, and some countries are reticent to accept the return of their citizens.
Lue’s two stars are reticent, but James Harden and Kawhi Leonard spoke volumes with their play in forcing a Game 7 in Denver on Saturday night.
As for whether we can expect Matriarch to be adapted into a reality series, Knowles is reticent.
“How did you hear about that?” he said, seemingly reticent to give up the secret even after all these years.
I was reticent to make him so specific of a guy that he couldn’t be every guy.
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