taciturn
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taciturn
adjective
- Not speaking freely or openly: close, close-mouthed, incommunicable, incommunicative, reserved, reticent, silent, tightlipped, uncommunicable, uncommunicative. See restraint/unrestraint, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
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taciturn
adj
Definition: uncommunicative
Antonyms: communicative, fluent, talkative, wordy
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taciturn
IN BRIEF: Untalkative, silent.
Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.
— Paul Klee (1879-1940), Swiss artist.
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Taciturn
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ordknap, fåmælt, tavs
Français (French)
adj. - taciturne
Deutsch (German)
adj. - schweigsam, wortkarg
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λακωνικός, λιγομίλητος, επιφυλακτικός (κν. μαζεμένος)
Italiano (Italian)
taciturno, silenzioso
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - taciturno, calado, reservado
Русский (Russian)
Неразговорчивый, угрюмый, молчаливый
Español (Spanish)
adj. - taciturno
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tystlåten, fåordig
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
沉默寡言的, 无言的, 不太说话的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 沈默寡言的, 無言的, 不太說話的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 말없는, 입이 무거운
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) سكيت - صموت
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - שתקני, ממעט במלים
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