indrawn

Examples

• All

• "She looked up, waiting, her breath indrawn as if she too were about to speak."

  Fiction book (1993)

• My indrawn breath makes him look at me.

  Fiction book (2002)

• He heard her indrawn breath.

  Fiction book (1996)

• "There was an abrupt silence, then the sound of an indrawn breath."

  Fiction book (2001)

• "A great, indrawn breath."

  Fiction book (1998)

• Talk in the shadowed store stopped suddenly as an indrawn breath when she strode out of the morning glare.

  Fiction book (1991)

• A few of the warrior-mages stirred; Meguet heard an indrawn breath.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Molly's hiss of indrawn breath was clear as a kettle reaching the boil.

  Fiction book (1995)

• She was very quiet and introverted, often seeming indrawn in social situations.

• After the unsettling news, he became even more indrawn, preferring to sit alone in silence.

Synonyms

I

introverted

vsindrawn

18 5.8

A person who prefers quiet time and small groups

shows this mainly through quiet, restrained outward behavior

D

demure

vsindrawn

14 7.4

Being quiet, modest, and often shy

focuses on own thoughts rather than showing modest public manner

R

reserved

vsindrawn

3.7

Not willing to show feelings or talk much

is quieter and focused on own thoughts rather than only holding back feelings

W

withdrawn

vsindrawn

4.8

Someone who is quiet and prefers to be alone instead of being with others

is focused on own thoughts and quiet rather than actively avoiding people

Antonyms

E

expressive

41 3.4

Showing feelings and ideas clearly in the face or voice

E

extroverted

6 4.2

Enjoys being with other people and feels confident in social situations

How Reserved

reclusive

24 7.4

withdrawn

4.8

indrawn

1 7.8

reserved

3.7

quiet

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology