undemonstrative

Examples

• All

• Still, I'm happy in this undemonstrative, rural place.

  Academic text (2009)

• We're a very undemonstrative family. "Is there any love at all in that house, Jinx?"

  Fiction book (1996)

• See, the tradition also insists that the Talbots be the stiff-necked, undemonstrative type.

  The Wolf Man (1941)

• By contrast, Japanese gay and transgender Male-to-Female/X-gender (GMtF/X) individuals reported their mothers' responses were comparatively undemonstrative.

  Academic text (2018)

• My father is very undemonstrative; he rarely shows his emotions in public.

• In our undemonstrative household, we express our love through small acts rather than words.

Synonyms

R

reticent

vsundemonstrative

17 7.9

Not willing to talk about thoughts or feelings easily

is about not showing feelings outwardly rather than refusing to speak

U

unfeeling

vsundemonstrative

14 5.9

Not showing sympathy or care for other people's feelings

focuses on withholding emotional display rather than being emotionally cold

E

expressionless

vsundemonstrative

11 4.4

Having a face or way of acting that shows no feeling

covers a habitual lack of open emotional display rather than only the face

I

impassive

vsundemonstrative

11 7.1

Not showing any feeling on the face or in the voice

is similar but highlights a quiet reluctance to display feelings

E

emotionless

vsundemonstrative

11 5.5

Not showing feelings on the face or in the voice

is more about avoiding outward emotional display than emotional numbness

U

unemotional

vsundemonstrative

11 4.4

Not showing strong feelings

is about not showing feelings openly rather than simply being calm

P

poker-faced

vsundemonstrative

• Informal

1 6.9

Not showing emotion to hide thoughts or feelings

is a general tendency not to show feelings rather than a deliberate act

I

inexpressive

vsundemonstrative

1 5.5

Having little feeling in the face or voice

refers more to the general tendency not to display feelings outwardly

A

affectless

vsundemonstrative

1 9.3

A person who shows no emotion in the face or voice

emphasises the tendency not to show emotions rather than total absence

N

nonreactive

vsundemonstrative

1 5.3

Someone or something that shows no response when something happens

is about a deliberate lack of open emotional display rather than no response

U

undemonstrated

vsundemonstrative

7.6

Not showing feelings openly so others cannot tell how they feel

is the same sense presented in the alternate adjective form

N

nondemonstrative

vsundemonstrative

7.7

Not showing strong feelings or emotion

is about a personal tendency not to display feelings openly

N

nonexpressive

vsundemonstrative

7.0

Showing no feelings on the face or in actions

focuses on a stable reluctance to display feelings rather than mere lack

U

unexpressive

vsundemonstrative

5.5

A person or thing that shows very little feeling in the face and voice

is about a reserved habit of avoiding open emotional display

U

unexpansive

vsundemonstrative

8.6

Not talking much and not showing strong feelings

is about avoiding open emotional display rather than general social reserve

U

unspeaking

vsundemonstrative

6.4

Not showing feelings or expression on the face

is focused on the habit of not openly displaying inner feelings

Antonyms

E

expressive

41 3.4

Showing feelings and ideas clearly in the face or voice

D

demonstrative

8 6.0

Showing strong feelings openly

How Demonstrative

demonstrative

8 6.0

reserved

3.7

undemonstrative

7.6

stoic

1 6.3

emotionless

11 5.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology