CLOSEMOUTHED

Meaning of CLOSEMOUTHED in English

/klohs"mowdhd", -mowtht"/ , adj.

reticent; uncommunicative.

[ 1880-85; CLOSE + MOUTH + -ED 3 ]

Syn . tight-lipped, diffident, taciturn, secretive.

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CLOSEMOUTHED — adjective Date: 1881 cautious in speaking ; uncommunicative
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLOSEMOUTHED — ˈklōs+ adjective : marked by customary caution against disclosing much information in speaking a closemouthed private secretary Synonyms: see silent
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOSEMOUTHED — (a.) Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.
Английский словарь Webster
CLOSEMOUTHED — ( a. ) Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOSEMOUTHED — adj. silent, quiet, reserved, not talkative
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CLOSEMOUTHED — ˈklōs-ˌmau̇thd adjective Date: 1881 : cautious in speaking : uncommunicative ; also : secretive
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOSEMOUTHED — adj cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.
Webster English vocab
CLOSEMOUTHED — [close.mouthed] adj (1881): cautious in speaking: uncommunicative; also: secretive
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOSEMOUTHED — Synonyms and related words : brief, brusque, close, close-lipped, close-tongued, concise, curt, dark, discreet, dumb, economical of words, evasive, indisposed …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLOSEMOUTHED — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: SILENT 3, close, close-lipped, close-tongued, reserved, reticent, taciturn, tight-lipped, tight-mouthed, uncommunicative
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CLOSEMOUTHED — adjective Synonyms: silent 3, close, close-lipped, close-tongued, reserved, reticent, taciturn, tight-lipped, tight-mouthed, uncommunicative
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLOSEMOUTHED — adj. ~ about
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
CLOSEMOUTHED — Молчаливый
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CLOSEMOUTHED — adj. Pronunciation: ' kl ō z- ˌ mau ̇ tht, also ' kl ō s- ˌ mau ̇ th d …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TIGHT-MOUTHED — adjective Date: 1911 closemouthed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SECRET — I. adjective see: secede Date: 14th century 1. kept from knowledge or view ; hidden , marked by the habit …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLAM — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~m bond, fetter; akin to Old High German klamma constriction and perhaps …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THICK — I. ˈthik adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English thikke, from Old English thicce; akin to Old High German dicki …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SECRET
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUFFLE — I. ˈməfəl transitive verb ( muffled ; muffled ; muffling -f(ə)liŋ ; muffles ) Etymology: Middle English muflen, perhaps from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAKY — I. ˈlēkē, -ki adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: leak (II) + -y 1. a. : permitting water or other fluid …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLAM
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIGHT-MOUTHED — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : closemouthed
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHUT-MOUTHED — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : closemouthed , secretive didn't want people to know about it … decided to keep shut-mouthed — F.B.Gipson
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MIM-MOUTHED — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective or mim-mou'd ˈ ̷ ̷|müd chiefly Scotland : primly reticent : closemouthed
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOSE-TONGUED — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : closemouthed
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOSE-TONGUED — (a.) Closemouthed; silent.
Английский словарь Webster
CLOSE-TONGUED — ( a. ) Closemouthed; silent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OYSTER — /oy"steuhr/ , n. 1. any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SECRET — I. ˈsē-krət adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French secré, secret, from Latin secretus, from past participle of secernere to separate, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLAM
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIGHT-MOUTHED — adjective Date: 1911 : closemouthed
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary

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