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[ kloz-i-tid ] / ˈklɒz ɪ tɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR closeted ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefunctioning in private; secret; closet. Origin of closetedFirst recorded in 1675–85; closet + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM closetedun·clos·et·ed, adjectiveWords nearby closetedclose shot, close stitch, close-stool, closet, closet drama, closeted, closetful, close the books, close the door on, close the sale, close to home Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for closetedHe is expected to spend the next few days closeted with lawyers and advisers at his home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park. From Playboy Prince to Dirty Old Man?|Tom Sykes|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST When Tonie Tobias started at Delta in 1996 she was shy and closeted. How A Company’s Support of Gay Employees Helped One of Them To Come Out||December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Flagrant anti-Semitism fell out of favor and was replaced by a closeted, unspoken bigotry. Superman Is Jewish: The Hebrew Roots of America's Greatest Superhero|Rich Goldstein|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST That is, until he was cast as a closeted Wall Street banker in HBO's The Normal Heart. Taylor Kitsch on ‘The Normal Heart,’ Homophobic Right-Wingers, and Gays in the Military|Marlow Stern|May 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How will current, closeted NFL players feel about this in the coming months? Will Today’s Closeted NFL Stars Let Michael Sam Be the First Out Player?|Evin Demirel|February 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST The next day he was closeted with the ticker-King at Thirty, Broad. The President|Alfred Henry Lewis "I'm no hand at breaking things gently, Field," said Ray, when finally the three were closeted together in the captain's den. A Daughter of the Sioux|Charles King In due time the Senator was closeted with some kind of deputy third-assistant battery-horse in the offices of the War Department. Wounds in the rain|Stephen Crane Accordingly, the very next day, he proceeded to Washington, and was closeted with me for several hours. The Spy of the Rebellion|Allan Pinkerton He had been closeted with the Secret Service officials, who considered the matter of the gravest importance. Molly Brown's College Friends|Nell Speed
Words related to closetedincarcerate, apprehend, detain, jail, commit, hold, remand, lock up, cloister, sequester, ostracize, nab, constrain, closet, immure, ice, keep, trammel, intern, restrain |