- undemonstrativeness
- noun see undemonstrative
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
undemonstrativeness
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undemonstrativeness — n. quality of being undemonstrative (reserved, unemotional, reticent) … English contemporary dictionary
undemonstrativeness — un·demonstrativeness … English syllables
undemonstrativeness — noun see undemonstrative * * * undemonˈstrativeness (↑demonstrativeness) n(1) • • • Main Entry: ↑un … Useful english dictionary
undemonstrative — adjective Date: 1836 restrained in expression of feeling ; reserved • undemonstratively adverb • undemonstrativeness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
undemonstrative — undemonstratively, adv. undemonstrativeness, n. /un deuh mon streuh tiv/, adj. not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, esp. of affection. [1840 50; UN 1 + DEMONSTRATIVE] Syn. reserved, shy; unresponsive, impassive. * * * … Universalium
coldness — Synonyms and related words: Laodiceanism, absolute zero, algidity, aloofness, anesthesia, autism, backwardness, bashfulness, bitterness, blankness, bleakness, briskness, callosity, callousness, carnality, catatonia, chill, chilliness, cold, cold… … Moby Thesaurus
constraint — Synonyms and related words: abnegation, abstinence, aloofness, aplomb, arrest, arrestation, backwardness, bashfulness, blankness, caging, calm, calmness, check, chilliness, circumscription, coaction, coercion, coldness, composure, compulsion,… … Moby Thesaurus
detachment — Synonyms and related words: Jim Crow, KP, Olympian detachment, abstraction, abulia, accidia, acedia, adjunct, age group, alienation, aloneness, aloofness, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apartheid, apartness, apathy, army, army group … Moby Thesaurus
discretion — Synonyms and related words: airtight secrecy, aloofness, alternate choice, alternative, animus, anticipation, appetence, appetency, appetite, backwardness, bashfulness, blankness, calculation, canniness, care, careful consideration, carefulness,… … Moby Thesaurus
distance — Synonyms and related words: aloofness, ambit, amplitude, angle, area, arena, back, backdrop, background, backwardness, base, bashfulness, blankness, breadth, chill, chilliness, coldness, compass, constraint, coolness, detach, detachment,… … Moby Thesaurus
