adjective
not socially outgoing
a shy undemonstrative person yet capable of deep feeling
Synonyms: aseptic, restrained, retiring, shrinking, unaffable, unexpansive, withdrawn; compare unsociable
Related Word: chill, cold, frigid, glacial, icy; emotionless, indifferent, unemotional, uninterested; aloof, distant, reserved, standoffish
Contrasted words: free and easy, hail-fellow-well-met, outgiving, outgoing, palsy-walsy; sociable
Antonyms: demonstrative