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61 tight-lipped
a молчаливый; скрытныйСинонимический ряд:1. reticent (adj.) close; close-mouthed; covert; reserved; reticent; secretive; sly; sneaky; surreptitious; taciturn; uncommunicative2. silent (adj.) dumb; mum; mute; silent; speechless; wordless -
62 underhanded
a нуждающийся в рабочей силе; неукомплектованныйСинонимический ряд:1. dishonest (adj.) conniving; corrupt; dishonest; false; illegal; mercenary; praetorian; sinister; unethical; venal2. shorthanded (adj.) shorthanded; undermanned; understaffed3. sly (adj.) furtive; secret; secretive; sly; traitorous; unfair; unscrupulous4. underhand (adj.) crooked; deceitful; devious; duplicitous; guileful; indirect; shifty; sneaking; sneaky; treacherous; underhandАнтонимический ряд:forthright; honest -
63 aassaqe-
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64 blow off steam
paзг.дaть выxoд cвoим чувcтвaм или избытку энepгии; oтвecти душу [букв. выпуcтить пap]He was by nature secretive and had been repressed too much and too early to be capable of railing and blowing off steam where his father was concerned (S. Butler). 'But some of you who made money in the early days, squandered it,' Sally murmured. "Course, we did,' Dinny cried. 'It was just the crazy way we let off steam' (K. S. Prichard) -
65 shy
См. также в других словарях:
Secretive — Se*cret ive, a. Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
secretive — index clandestine, evasive, furtive, laconic, mysterious, noncommittal, oblique (evasive), sly … Law dictionary
secretive — (adj.) inclined to secrecy, 1815 (implied in secretiveness); see SECRET (Cf. secret) + IVE (Cf. ive). Related: Secretively … Etymology dictionary
secretive — close, close lipped, closemouthed, tight lipped, *silent, uncommunicative, taciturn, reticent, reserved Analogous words: *cautious, circumspect, wary: restrained, inhibited (see RESTRAIN) Contrasted words: *talkative, loquacious, garrulous,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
secretive — [adj] uncommunicative backstairs*, buttoned up*, cagey, clammed up*, close, close mouthed*, covert, cryptic, enigmatic, feline, furtive, hushed, in chambers*, in privacy*, in private, in the background*, in the dark*, on the QT*, reserved,… … New thesaurus
secretive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information. DERIVATIVES secretively adverb secretiveness noun … English terms dictionary
secretive — [sē′krə tiv; ] occas., and for 2 always [, si krēt′iv] adj. [ SECRET + IVE] 1. tending to conceal one s thoughts, feelings, affairs, etc. from others; reticent; not frank or open 2. SECRETORY secretively adv. secretiveness n … English World dictionary
secretive — adj. secretive about (secretive about one s plans) * * * secretive about (secretive about one s plans) … Combinatory dictionary
secretive — se|cre|tive [ˈsi:krıtıv, sıˈkri:tıv] adj a secretive person or organization likes to keep their thoughts, intentions, or actions hidden from others ▪ The government has been accused of being secretive and undemocratic. secretive about ▪ Carla was … Dictionary of contemporary English
secretive — [[t]si͟ːkrətɪv, sɪkri͟ːt [/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ about n If you are secretive, you like to have secrets and to keep your knowledge, feelings, or intentions hidden. Billionaires are usually fairly secretive about the exact amount that they re… … English dictionary
secretive — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ highly … Collocations dictionary