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View synonyms for undemonstrative

undemonstrative

[ uhn-duh-mon-struh-tiv ]

adjective

  1. not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.

    Synonyms: unresponsive, impassive, shy, reserved



undemonstrative

/ ˌʌndɪˈmɒnstrətɪv /

adjective

  1. tending not to show the feelings; of a reserved nature
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌundeˈmonstrativeness, noun
  • ˌundeˈmonstratively, adverb
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Other Words From

  • unde·monstra·tive·ly adverb
  • unde·monstra·tive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of undemonstrative1

First recorded in 1840–50; un- 1 + demonstrative
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Example Sentences

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.

Dream 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.

She knew that she had been undemonstrative in her manner, and that such was her nature.

It is a religion of love, practical, undemonstrative, knowing nothing of pageantry and spectacle.

But she remembered that Suzette was always undemonstrative, and she did not blame her, after her first disappointment.

She was an undemonstrative girl, though her likes and dislikes were well known to herself.

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