reticent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Unwilling to communicate; keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.
Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).

/ˈɹɛtɪsənt/ en-us-reticent.ogg en-au-reticent.ogg

reticent more reticent most reticent

Latin reticēns, present participle of reticeō (“to keep silence”).

reserved restrained tight-lipped closemouthed unwilling disinclined loath reluctant

irreticent reticently unreticent

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