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Adjectives (7)
unapproachable
adj. discouraging intimacies; reserved; "an unapproachable executive"
unreachable, unreached, out of reach
adj. inaccessibly located or situated; "an unapproachable chalet high in the mountains"; "an unreachable canyon"; "the unreachable stars"
distant, aloof, offish
adj. remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
Fuzzynyms (40)
unachievable, unattainable, undoable, unrealizable
adj. impossible to achieve; "an unattainablels adj.pert goal"
untouchable, unobtainable, unprocurable
adj. not capable of being obtained; "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"
shy
adj. easily startled or frightened
casual, insouciant, nonchalant
adj. marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"
detached, uninvolved
adj. showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"
inhospitable
adj. unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"
chilly, distant
adj. "relations were cool and polite"
standoffish, unfriendly
adj. lacking cordiality; unfriendly; "a standoffish manner"
unsociable
adj. not inclined to society or companionship; "an unsociable nature...shy and reserved"; "generally unsociable except with intimate friends"; "unsociable behavior"; "an unsociable neighborhood"
taciturn
adj. habitually reserved and uncommunicative
short, brief, crisp, clipped, curt, laconic, terse, to the point
adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
quiet
adj. characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"
unfriendly
adj. not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"
swaggering, prideful, supercilious, lordly, disdainful, haughty, sniffy
adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
recluse, reclusive, withdrawn
adj. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"
Synonyms (22)
backwoods, outback, out-of-the-way, remote
adj. inaccessible and sparsely populated;
deserted
adj. remote from civilization; "the victim was lured to a deserted spot"
inconvenient
adj. not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs; "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"; "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone"
pathless, roadless, trackless, untracked, untrod, untrodden
adj. lacking pathways; "trackless wilderness"; "roadless areas"
solitary, unfrequented
adj. remote or secluded; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake"
un-come-at-able, ungetatable, un-get-at-able
adj. difficult to reach or attain
cool, formal
adj. (reserved)
diffident
adj. showing modest reserve; "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture"
indrawn, withdrawn
adj. tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man"
Antonyms (6)
approachable
adj. easy to meet or converse or do business with; "a friendly approachable person"
accessible, friendly
adj. easy to get along with or talk to; friendly; "an accessible and genial man"
accessible
adj. capable of being reached; "a town accessible by rail"
familiar
adj. having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"
distant
adj. far apart in relevance or relationship; "a distant cousin"; "a distant likeness"
unapproachable
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