incommunicative
AdjectiveSynonyms:
uncommunicative
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- not inclined to talk or give information or express opinionsSynonyms: uncommunicativeOpposite communicativeSimilar mum, deadpan, incommunicado, close, inexpressive, unpronounceableSee also inarticulate, taciturn
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
In′com·mu′ni·ca·tive adjective
Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship or intercourse with others; exclusive.
The Chinese... an incommunicative nation.— Claudius Buchanan
— In′wb-a2′>′com·mu′wb-a1′>′ni·ca·tive·ly, adverb — In′wb-a2′>′com·mu′wb-a1′>′ni·ca·tive·ness, noun Charles Lamb
His usual incommunicativeness.— pseud. of Mary Ann
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54