Meaning of CLOSEMOUTHED
| Pronunciation: | | klows'maûdhd
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| | Definition: | | [adj] inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it" |
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| | Synonyms: | | close, closelipped, incommunicative, secretive, tightlipped, uncommunicative |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Close"mouthed`\, a.
Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.
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| | Related Terms: | | brief, brusque, close, close-lipped, close-tongued, concise, curt, dark, discreet, dumb, economical of words, evasive, indisposed to talk, laconic, mum, mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, secret, secretive, shifty, short, silent, snug, sparing of words, speechless, taciturn, terse, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, uncommunicative, unloquacious, untalkative, word-bound, wordless |
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