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Synonyms for close-mouthed


Grammar : Adj
Spell : klohs-mouthd, -moutht
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkloʊsˈmaʊðd, -ˈmaʊθt

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Définition of close-mouthed

  • adj tightlipped
Example sentences :
  • Pender came without yelling, grim and grey and close-mouthed.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • Still, these out-landers were mighty mean, close-mouthed folks!
  • Extract from : « The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point » by Laura Lee Hope
  • Close-mouthed as sea clams after being shipped to Kansas City.
  • Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
  • Edmund knew where we were going, but he was as close-mouthed as an oyster.
  • Extract from : « Ben Comee » by M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan
  • When he chose, Percy could be as close-mouthed as his father.
  • Extract from : « Jim Spurling, Fisherman » by Albert Walter Tolman
  • He was a misshapen, pain-racked man, hard-handed and close-mouthed.
  • Extract from : « Dominie Dean » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • When "comp'ny" were present he was as close-mouthed as a clam and as noiseless as a crab.
  • Extract from : « Kennedy Square » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • Since the day she married, she's been close-mouthed as an oyster.
  • Extract from : « Shifting Sands » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • She was close-mouthed and therefore sympathetic with the quality in others.
  • Extract from : « Shifting Sands » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • You know how close-mouthed I am; you can safely tell me anything!
  • Extract from : « My Neighbor Raymond (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XI) » by Charles Paul de Kock

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