closemouthed

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closemouthed

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From close + mouthed.

adjective more closemouthed · most closemouthed

  1. reticent, secretive or uncommunicative As much so as possible; they have hardly a way that you would like, my dear ma'am; and are as closemouthed as if they were afraid of committing themselves.

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adj reticent, secretive or uncommunicative

Españoltaciturno, callado
日本語口堅い kuchigatai, 口が堅い kuchigakatai
Portuguêsreticente, taciturno
Françaistaciturne, peu bavard
Deutschzurückhaltend, schweigsam, verschwiegen
Italianoreticente
Русскиймолчали́вый molčalívyj
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@misc{closemouthed_2026,
  title = {closemouthed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/closemouthed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}