incommunicative

An obsolete adjective describing someone who is not inclined to talk or share information; reserved or uncommunicative.

• 🇩🇪Adjektiv, das eine Person beschreibt, die nicht geneigt ist zu sprechen oder Informationen zu teilen; zurückhaltend oder ungesellig.

1. Reserved or Silent B2 formal

   Inclined to be silent; not willing to express thoughts, feelings, or information freely.

   • He remained incommunicative during the entire negotiation.
   • The witness was unexpectedly incommunicative when questioned by the police.
   • After the argument, she became incommunicative and refused to speak.
   • The normally talkative professor was oddly incommunicative at the conference.

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   Synonyme: closemouthedquietreservedreticentsecretivesilenttaciturntightlippeduncommunicative

   Antonyme: communicativeexpressiveforthcominggarrulousloquaciousopenoutgoingtalkativevoluble

• more incommunicative comparative form
• most incommunicative superlative form