guardedness
1
6.9
- noun
- /ˈɡɑrdɪdnəs/
:
cautela
- Her guardedness about her feelings made it hard for others to understand her true emotions.
Don't have that like guardedness when you when you bring it out.
- Don't have that like guardedness when you when you bring it out.
Examples
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Juxtaposed to this trend, the increasing global guardedness, indifference, and outright antagonism toward international refugees generate considerable discomfort.
Academic text (1997) -
The good thing about Donna, Rose, and Martha was that they had flaws we could all relate to: bad temper, not always very bright, guardedness, stupid human feelings, etc., and because they were different from the Doctor, their relationship worked.
Blog text (20) -
Don't have that like guardedness when you when you bring it out.
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By their teenage years, children have grown up enough to have created a specialized array of guardedness and acceptance of others.
Blog text (8) -
Had there always been this guardedness, this jaded quality, this passivity?
Fiction book (1993) -
Its guardedness arises implicitly from the technology itself.
Blog text (9) -
Down there, there would be guardedness, suspicion, pity, and solicitous kindness.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Again, that knowing tone of voice spoke of guardedness, not wanting to be caught unprepared by any piece of troubling information.
Fiction book (1990) -
She had a remarkable countenance, powerful, and yet with a knowledge of fear, a guardedness about it that was at the same time belied by its boldness.
Fiction book (1993) -
Children who learn the skills for survival in that world, suppressing curiosity and cultivating a defensive guardedness toward novelty or a constant readiness to attack, may not be able to acquire the basic skills and values that are needed, for better or worse, to thrive in mainstream society.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
165
4.4
Keeping information hidden from other people
10
7.8
A feeling of not wanting to speak or share thoughts
9
5.2
A quiet way of acting that shows little emotion
1
5.3
A secret way of behaving that hides someone's plans
1
6.5
The habit of not telling people things or hiding information from them
1
7.5
A tendency to be careful and secret about giving information
1
7.3
Quiet and secret actions to avoid being noticed
Quiet behaviour that does not show feelings or thoughts openly
A person who keeps their thoughts and feelings to themselves
Being alone and not seen by other people
A private situation where only the involved people know the details
Trying to avoid being seen or noticed
Habit of doing things in a hidden way
Antonyms
How Guarded
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Guardedness comes from the simple word guard meaning 'to watch' or 'protect', plus the ending -ness that turns it into a state. So, being guarded is like keeping your feelings behind a guard, careful and not open.