Meaning

1 senses
  1. Tending not to communicate; not communicating.

    He asked and asked, but she remained silent and uncommunicative.

    unkommunikativ, maulfaul

More definitions
  • not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom is uncommunicative.

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  2. She's a proper chatterbox, whereas her husband is downright uncommunicative.

    deSie ist eine richtige Quasselstrippe, ihr Mann dagegen ist ausgesprochen mundfaul.

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Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tending not to communicate; not communicating:

Origin

From un- + communicative.

From un- + communicative.

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Forms

more uncommunicative, most uncommunicative

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions:incommunicative

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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