reticent implies a reluctance to speak out or at length, especially about one's own affairs.

RETICENT definition: 1. unwilling to speak about your thoughts or feelings: 2. unwilling to speak about your thoughts…. Learn more.

RETICENT definition: disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved. See examples of reticent used in a sentence.

Definition of reticent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Dec 17, 2025 · reticent (comparative more reticent, superlative most reticent) Unwilling to communicate; keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained. quotations

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reticent unwilling to speak; reserved; taciturn, uncommunicative: She was reticent to answer our questions.