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retiring en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɹəˈtaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/
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Meanings

  1. introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
    • Lester was in the thick of social and commercial affairs; he walked in paths to which Jennie's retiring soul had never aspired. 1911, Theodore Dreiser, chapter LX, in Jennie Gerhardt:
    • I don't really know him well, since he's so shy and retiring.
    • My uncle, as I can remember, was retiring in his disposition, scarcely ever visiting any one and not more frequently receiving any visitors. 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 10:

Deriveds

nonretiring · retiring room · retiringness · retiringly

Translations (5)

el απομακρυσμένος (preferring their own company, liking privacy) · bg необщителен (preferring their own company, liking privacy) · mi ngākau tōngā (preferring their own company, liking privacy) · mi hūnguengue (preferring their own company, liking privacy) · bg затворен (preferring their own company, liking privacy)

retiring en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɹəˈtaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/
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Meanings

  1. retirement
    • One day of those his retirings ^([sic]), giving out that he was sick, his father Antigonus came on the sudden to visit him, and met a fair dainty youth coming out of his chamber. 1625, Francis [Bacon], Apophthegmes New and Old. […], London: […] Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, […], →OCLC:

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retiring en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɹəˈtaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/
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Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of retire
    form of retire
    • Today is the party for our retiring co-workers.