Meaning

1 senses

  1. Unwilling to talk; taciturn; refusing to speak

More definitions
  • temperamentally disinclined to talk

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Ziri is an untalkative kid.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From un- + talkative.

From un- + talkative.

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Forms

more untalkative, most untalkative
Comparativemore untalkative Lesson
Superlativemost untalkative Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • temperamentally disinclined to talk:reticent

Antonyms

1 antonyms
talkativeB1

Word family

1 related words
Deriveduntalkativeness

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unsuspectingunsustainableC1unsympatheticuntameduntangleC1untappeduntenable
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