Antonyms for uncommunicative


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-tiv, -key-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn kəˈmyu nɪ kə tɪv, -ˌkeɪ tɪv


Definition of uncommunicative

Origin :
  • 1690s, from un- (1) "not" + communicative.
  • adj shy, silent
Example sentences :
  • A little too uncommunicative for their great circumstances—that is all.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • It was Ermie's custom sometimes to be very snappy and uncommunicative.
  • Extract from : « The Children of Wilton Chase » by Mrs. L. T. Meade
  • And even Phineas Finn had grown to be solemn, silent, and uncommunicative.
  • Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope
  • The elderly gentleman was uncommunicative and merely growled in reply.
  • Extract from : « Priscilla's Spies » by George A. Birmingham
  • Deacon Ira had been tall and gaunt and sunken and uncommunicative.
  • Extract from : « Coniston, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • Take the man who is uncommunicative, or morose or unusually shy.
  • Extract from : « The Armed Forces Officer » by U. S. Department of Defense
  • Mentally there may be depression when the patient is sullen and uncommunicative.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5 » by Various
  • No; Miss Hildreth had always been uncommunicative on all such topics.
  • Extract from : « Miss Hildreth, Volume 3 of 3 » by Augusta de Grasse Stevens
  • The exterior of the palace and all the towers is dull, blank, uncommunicative.
  • Extract from : « Spanish Vistas » by George Parsons Lathrop
  • My dear, how uncommunicative you are, and Im dying with curiosity.
  • Extract from : « The Bishop's Apron » by W. Somerset Maugham

Synonyms for uncommunicative

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