undemonstrative
not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
Origin of undemonstrative
1Other words for undemonstrative
Other words from undemonstrative
- un·de·mon·stra·tive·ly, adverb
- un·de·mon·stra·tive·ness, noun
Words Nearby undemonstrative
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How to use undemonstrative in a sentence
By the time he was 10, he’d run away several times—to explore the world around him, he insists, not rile up his undemonstrative parents.
He Robbed a Taco Joint With a Toy Water Gun for $264. He Got Life in Prison. | Kate Briquelet | May 31, 2021 | The Daily BeastDream dates come knocking, and undemonstrative mates mount quite a show of affection.
Yet this sounds too severe on Miss Mildmay, who in her own undemonstrative way did love her nephew and nieces.
Robin Redbreast | Mary Louisa MolesworthShe knew that she had been undemonstrative in her manner, and that such was her nature.
An Old Man's Love | Anthony TrollopeIt is a religion of love, practical, undemonstrative, knowing nothing of pageantry and spectacle.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose Bierce
But she remembered that Suzette was always undemonstrative, and she did not blame her, after her first disappointment.
The Quality of Mercy | W. D. HowellsShe was an undemonstrative girl, though her likes and dislikes were well known to herself.
Amy in Acadia | Helen Leah Reed
British Dictionary definitions for undemonstrative
/ (ˌʌndɪˈmɒnstrətɪv) /
tending not to show the feelings; of a reserved nature
Derived forms of undemonstrative
- undemonstratively, adverb
- undemonstrativeness, noun
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