recluse

1 of 2

adjective

re·cluse ˈre-ˌklüs How to pronounce recluse (audio)

ri-ˈklüs,

ˈre-ˌklüz

: marked by withdrawal from society : solitary

recluse

2 of 2

noun

: a person who leads a secluded or solitary life

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Greta Garbo and Howard Hughes were two of the most famously reclusive celebrities of modern times. She had been a great international star, called the most beautiful woman in the world; he had been an aircraft manufacturer and film producer, with one of the greatest fortunes in the world. It seems that Garbo's reclusiveness resulted from her desire to leave her public with only the youthful image of her face. Hughes was terrified of germs, though that was the least of his problems.

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Noun My neighbor is a recluse—I only see him about once a year. he was sick of cities and crowds, so he decided to go live by himself in the woods as a recluse

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Noun

In Alabama, there are really only two kinds of spiders that are likely to cause serious problems for people if they get bitten; the black widow and the brown recluse.

Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2022 The English writer and director Terence Davies’s previous film was A Quiet Passion, a stirring biopic of the poet Emily Dickinson that strove to deconstruct her caricaturization as a batty recluse.

David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 After living largely as a recluse for close to five years, Evangelista stepped out and appeared on the cover of People magazine.

Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2022 Holed up with her cat in her West Hollywood apartment, Ms. Babitz became a recluse — and a pugnacious conservative, converted by the talk radio that became the backbeat to her new life.

New York Times, 19 Dec. 2021 His touching friendship with venerable recluse author William Forrester, played immaculately by Sean Connery, is central to the film’s appeal.

Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 29 July 2022 Salem actor Seth Gabel will portray Walter, a recluse living in the Montana wilderness.

Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 24 July 2022 The trilogy has seen Jamie Lee Curtis reprise her role as Laurie Strode, the survivor of Michael Myers’ (played by Nick Castle and stuntman James Jude Courtney) original killing spree, now a recluse struggling with PTSD.

Wilson Chapman, Variety, 19 July 2022 In 2014, a 5-year-old Albertville boy died after a brown recluse bite caused a systemic reaction.

Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 8 July 2022 See More

单词	recluse
释义	recluse 1 of 2 adjective re·cluse ˈre-ˌklüs ri-ˈklüs, ˈre-ˌklüz : marked by withdrawal from society : solitary recluse 2 of 2 noun : a person who leads a secluded or solitary life Did you know? Greta Garbo and Howard Hughes were two of the most famously reclusive celebrities of modern times. She had been a great international star, called the most beautiful woman in the world; he had been an aircraft manufacturer and film producer, with one of the greatest fortunes in the world. It seems that Garbo's reclusiveness resulted from her desire to leave her public with only the youthful image of her face. Hughes was terrified of germs, though that was the least of his problems. Synonyms Noun anchorite eremite hermit isolate solitary See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun My neighbor is a recluse—I only see him about once a year. he was sick of cities and crowds, so he decided to go live by himself in the woods as a recluse Recent Examples on the Web Noun In Alabama, there are really only two kinds of spiders that are likely to cause serious problems for people if they get bitten; the black widow and the brown recluse. Dennis Pillion \| Dpillion@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2022 The English writer and director Terence Davies’s previous film was A Quiet Passion, a stirring biopic of the poet Emily Dickinson that strove to deconstruct her caricaturization as a batty recluse. David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 After living largely as a recluse for close to five years, Evangelista stepped out and appeared on the cover of People magazine. Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2022 Holed up with her cat in her West Hollywood apartment, Ms. Babitz became a recluse — and a pugnacious conservative, converted by the talk radio that became the backbeat to her new life. New York Times, 19 Dec. 2021 His touching friendship with venerable recluse author William Forrester, played immaculately by Sean Connery, is central to the film’s appeal. Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 29 July 2022 Salem actor Seth Gabel will portray Walter, a recluse living in the Montana wilderness. Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 24 July 2022 The trilogy has seen Jamie Lee Curtis reprise her role as Laurie Strode, the survivor of Michael Myers’ (played by Nick Castle and stuntman James Jude Courtney) original killing spree, now a recluse struggling with PTSD. Wilson Chapman, Variety, 19 July 2022 In 2014, a 5-year-old Albertville boy died after a brown recluse bite caused a systemic reaction. Dennis Pillion \| Dpillion@al.com, al, 8 July 2022 See More Word History Etymology Adjective Middle English, from Anglo-French reclus, literally, shut away, from Late Latin reclusus, past participle of recludere to shut up, from Latin re- + claudere to close — more at close entry 1 First Known Use Adjective 13th century, in the meaning defined above Noun 13th century, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing recluse brown recluse spider brown recluse spider recluse 1 of 2 noun as in hermit a person who lives away from others he was sick of cities and crowds, so he decided to go live by himself in the woods as a recluse Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance hermit solitary anchorite eremite isolate homebody shut-in Antonyms & Near Antonyms socialite socializer recluse 2 of 2 adjective as in reclusive Synonyms & Similar Words reclusive unsociable lone altricial autonomous self-sufficient semiautonomous solitary self-sustaining self-supporting independent self-subsistent nonsocial semi-independent self-contained Antonyms & Near Antonyms social gregarious colonial sociable parasitic dependent associational parasitical consociational symbiotic subsocial precocial See More
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