incommunicative

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adjective

Uncommunicative.

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Meanings

adjectiveincommunicative (comparative more incommunicative, superlative most incommunicative)

comparative more incommunicative · superlative most incommunicative

  1. Uncommunicative.

    The author tries hard to breathe life into his subject, but it seems there was little vitality left in the octogenarian Djuna. At her best she was vituperative and incommunicative. She says to Mr. Field that he has come too late to write a book about her.

    1983 August 13, John Rosario, “Illustrious Obscurity”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 5, page 16

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot inclined to talk or give information or express opinions

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uncommunicativeclosecloselippedclosemoutheddeadpanexpressionlessimpassiveincommunicadoinexpressive
Also see
closecloselippedclosemoutheddeadpanexpressionlessimpassiveincommunicadoinexpressivemumpoker-facedsecretivesilentuncommunicativeunexpressiveunpronounceableunutterable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From in- + communicative.

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APA

incommunicative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incommunicative

MLA

“incommunicative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incommunicative. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incommunicative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incommunicative.

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