Dictionary

closemouthed en · ADJ

Etymology

From close + mouthed.

Meanings

1. reticent, secretive or uncommunicative
   • Instructors were notoriously closemouthed about their gunnery techniques. 2001, C. R. Anderegg, Sierra Hotel: flying Air Force fighters in the decade after Vietnam:
   • 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. 1852, James Fenimore Cooper, Home as found:

Forms

Translations (26)

fr peu bavard (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · bg мълчалив (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · fr taciturne (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · fi tuppisuinen (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · ru молчали́вый (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · de schweigsam (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · it reticente (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · es callado (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · nl niet spraakzaam (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · he שתקן (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · ja 口堅い (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · hu szűkszavú (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · nl gesloten (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · de verschwiegen (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · yi שווײַגער (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · fi vaitelias (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · hu hallgatag (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · cs tichý (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · bg необщителен (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · ja 口が堅い (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · zh 嘴严 (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · pt reticente (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · sv tystlåten (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · pt taciturno (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · de zurückhaltend (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) · es taciturno (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative)