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View usage for: (rɪkluːsɪv) adjectiveA reclusive person or animal lives alone and deliberately avoids the company of others. She had been living a reclusive life since her marriage broke up. She had become increasingly ill and reclusive. Synonyms: solitary, retiring, withdrawn, isolated More Synonyms of reclusive Examples of 'reclusive' in a sentencereclusive But the switch meant he cut an increasingly reclusive figure.But he died a lonely reclusive billionaire.This was a valuable lesson for a woman who had spent much of her life reclusive and obsessed with death.When the group split up he was broke and unemployed again and sank back into mental illness and became increasingly reclusive.His way of life was reclusive.Have they inexplicably become reclusive, quiet or vocal?He lived an often reclusive life in Hillingdon in his final years.So he retains in Europe the mystique of the reclusive star.Song thrushes are conspicuous in treetops when they are singing in spring but after July they become reclusive birds.An increasingly reclusive figure, he was by this stage plagued by money worries and seemingly in thrall to plastic surgery.Did you become more reclusive?Some have become reclusive, some successful, some both.After he retired in the 1980s, he became increasingly reclusive.The source added: 'They live a strange and reclusive life.I used to have him over for meals and to stay the night, but he has become reclusive and is uncomfortable eating with other people. In other languagesreclusive British English: reclusive ADJECTIVE A reclusive person or animal lives alone and deliberately avoids the company of others. She had been living a reclusive life since her marriage broke up. - American English: reclusive
- Brazilian Portuguese: recluso
- Chinese: 隐居的
- European Spanish: recluido
- French: solitaire
- German: zurückgezogen
- Italian: segregato
- Japanese: 孤独を好む
- Korean: 은둔한
- European Portuguese: recluso
- Latin American Spanish: recluido
She had become increasingly ill and reclusive. Synonyms recluse ascetic sequestered hermit-like hermitic eremitic Opposites Additional synonymsDefinition sheltered or protected the cloistered world of royalty Synonyms sheltered, protected, restricted, shielded, confined, insulated, secluded, reclusive, shut off, sequestered, hermitic, withdrawn, cloistral He now lives an isolated life in the countryside. Synonyms solitary, withdrawn, lonely, sheltered, segregated, cloistered, reclusive, lonesome (US, Canadian), sequestered, introverted, friendless, companionless Definition (of a way of life) simple and austere He was drawn to the monastic life. Synonyms monkish, secluded, cloistered, reclusive, withdrawn, austere, celibate, contemplative, ascetic, sequestered, hermit-like, conventual, cenobitic, coenobitic, cloistral, eremitic, monachal - reclaim
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Additional synonymsDefinition very shy I'm still that shy, retiring little girl. Synonyms shy, reserved, quiet, modest, shrinking, humble, timid, coy, meek, reclusive, reticent, unassuming, self-effacing, demure, diffident, bashful, aw-shucks, timorous (literary), unassertiveDefinition private and sheltered We found a secluded beach further on. Synonyms private, sheltered, isolated, remote, lonely, cut off, solitary, out-of-the-way, tucked away, cloistered, sequestered, off the beaten track, unfrequentedSynonyms secluded, private, retired, quiet, remote, isolated, lonely, out-of-the-way, cloistered, unfrequentedDefinition extremely reserved or shy Her husband had become withdrawn and moody. Synonyms uncommunicative, reserved, retiring, quiet, silent, distant, shy, shrinking, detached, aloof, taciturn, introverted, timorous (literary), unforthcoming |