Taciturn
adjective
A person who tends to speak very little and doesn't express emotions.
She was a shy, taciturn girl who preferred solitude over company.
Often appears as...
- become taciturn
- typically taciturn
adjective
A person who tends to speak very little and doesn't express emotions.
She was a shy, taciturn girl who preferred solitude over company.
Often appears as...
- become taciturn
- typically taciturn
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Perception
In some cultures, being taciturn is seen as wisdom, while in others it can be viewed negatively.
In her village, the taciturn elders are respected for their thoughtful silence.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Trait
Taciturnity can be a personality trait, not necessarily rudeness or unfriendliness.
Though taciturn by nature, when he speaks, everyone listens.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Distance
Use 'taciturn' to describe someone who doesn't easily share emotions or feelings.
After the argument, Rachel became unusually taciturn.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Perception
In some cultures, being taciturn is seen as wisdom, while in others it can be viewed negatively.
In her village, the taciturn elders are respected for their thoughtful silence.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Trait
Taciturnity can be a personality trait, not necessarily rudeness or unfriendliness.
Though taciturn by nature, when he speaks, everyone listens.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Distance
Use 'taciturn' to describe someone who doesn't easily share emotions or feelings.
After the argument, Rachel became unusually taciturn.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Perception
In some cultures, being taciturn is seen as wisdom, while in others it can be viewed negatively.
In her village, the taciturn elders are respected for their thoughtful silence.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Trait
Taciturnity can be a personality trait, not necessarily rudeness or unfriendliness.
Though taciturn by nature, when he speaks, everyone listens.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Distance
Use 'taciturn' to describe someone who doesn't easily share emotions or feelings.
After the argument, Rachel became unusually taciturn.
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Quote examples
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Japanese Soldier
One's appearance bespeaks dignity corresponding to the depth of his character. One's concentrated effort, serene attitude, taciturn air, courteous disposition, thoroughly polite bearing, gritted teeth with a piercing look - each of these reveals dignity. Such outward appearance, in short, comes from constant attentiveness and seriousness.
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Douglas Fairbanks
American Actor
The man who is gloomy, taciturn and lives in a world of doubt seldom achieves more than a bare living. There have been a few who have groaned their way through to a competence, but in proportion to that overwhelming number of souls who carry cheer through life, they are as nothing - mere drops in the bucket.
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Clive Sinclair
British Author
In the 1880s, a weedy Easterner named Owen Wister had something like a nervous breakdown. Wyoming, with its wide-open spaces and healthy pursuits, was prescribed as a cure. Wister was immediately smitten by the taciturn cowboys and the rules imposed upon them by the cattle barons.
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Harold Pinter
English Dramatist
I'm well aware that I have been described in some quarters as being 'enigmatic, taciturn, prickly, explosive and forbidding'. Well, I have my moods like anyone else; I won't deny it.
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Adrian McKinty
Irish Novelist
People in the North are really taciturn and reticent, and they don't really like to talk about the past.
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Alexander Smith
Scottish Poet
The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.
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Paul Klee
Swiss Artist
Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.
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Carrie Brownstein
American Musician
My father wasn't just taciturn - it was like he didn't want to be heard.
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Everett McGill
American Actor
In Kansas, people are reserved, quiet, taciturn.
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Ty Burrell
American Actor
I'm not taciturn and stoic.
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Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Japanese Soldier
One's appearance bespeaks dignity corresponding to the depth of his character. One's concentrated effort, serene attitude, taciturn air, courteous disposition, thoroughly polite bearing, gritted teeth with a piercing look - each of these reveals dignity. Such outward appearance, in short, comes from constant attentiveness and seriousness.
Quote examples
Douglas Fairbanks
American Actor
The man who is gloomy, taciturn and lives in a world of doubt seldom achieves more than a bare living. There have been a few who have groaned their way through to a competence, but in proportion to that overwhelming number of souls who carry cheer through life, they are as nothing - mere drops in the bucket.
Quote examples
Clive Sinclair
British Author
In the 1880s, a weedy Easterner named Owen Wister had something like a nervous breakdown. Wyoming, with its wide-open spaces and healthy pursuits, was prescribed as a cure. Wister was immediately smitten by the taciturn cowboys and the rules imposed upon them by the cattle barons.
Quote examples
Harold Pinter
English Dramatist
I'm well aware that I have been described in some quarters as being 'enigmatic, taciturn, prickly, explosive and forbidding'. Well, I have my moods like anyone else; I won't deny it.
Quote examples
Adrian McKinty
Irish Novelist
People in the North are really taciturn and reticent, and they don't really like to talk about the past.
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Alexander Smith
Scottish Poet
The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.
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Paul Klee
Swiss Artist
Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.
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Carrie Brownstein
American Musician
My father wasn't just taciturn - it was like he didn't want to be heard.
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Everett McGill
American Actor
In Kansas, people are reserved, quiet, taciturn.
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Ty Burrell
American Actor
I'm not taciturn and stoic.
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