English-Thai Dictionary

retiring

ADJ ซึ่ง ปลดเกษีย ณ  sueng-plod-ka-sian

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RETIRING

ppr. 1. Withdrawing; retreating; going into seclusion or solitude.
2. a. Reserved; not forward or obtrusive; as retiring modesty; retiring manners.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RETIRING

RETIRING Re *tir "ing, a.

 

1. Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners.

 

2. Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement. Retiring board (Mil. ), a board of officers who consider and report upon the alleged incapacity of an officer for active service. -- Retiring pension, a pension granted to a public officer on his retirement from office or service.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

retiring

re tir ing |riˈtīriNG rəˈtaɪ (ə )rɪŋ | ▶adjective shy and fond of being on one's own: a retiring, acquiescent woman. DERIVATIVES re tir ing ly adverb

 

retiring collection

re tir ing col lec tion ▶noun a collectiion of donations from people as they leave an event, typically for a charity or to cover the expenses of performers or speakers at the event itself.

 

Oxford Dictionary

retiring

re |tir ¦ing |rɪˈtʌɪərɪŋ | ▶adjective shy and fond of being on one's own: a retiring, acquiescent woman. DERIVATIVES retiringly adverb

 

retiring collection

re tir ing col lec tion ▶noun a collectiion of donations from people as they leave an event, typically for a charity or to cover the expenses of performers or speakers at the event itself.

 

retiring collection

retiring collection ▶noun a collection of donations from people as they leave an event, typically for a charity or to cover the expenses of performers or speakers at the event itself.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

retiring

retiring adjective 1 the retiring president: departing, outgoing. ANTONYMS incoming. 2 a retiring sort of man: shy, diffident, self-effacing, unassuming, unassertive, reserved, reticent, quiet, timid, modest; private, secret, secretive, withdrawn, reclusive, unsociable. ANTONYMS outgoing.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

retiring

retiring adjective 1 a cut-glass bowl was presented to the retiring president: departing, outgoing. ANTONYMS incoming. 2 he was such a quiet, retiring man: shy, diffident, bashful, self-effacing, shrinking, unassuming, unassertive, reserved, reticent, quiet, timid, timorous, nervous, modest, demure, coy, meek, humble; private, secret, secretive, withdrawn, reclusive, unsociable; rare seclusive, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, anchoritic. ANTONYMS bold, outgoing.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

retiring

re tir ing /rɪtáɪ (ə )rɪŋ /形容詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〈性格などが 〉引っ込み思案な, 内気な ▸ be of a retiring nature 内気な性格である ▸ retiring manners 内気な態度 .2 〖名詞 の前で 〗退職する, 引退する ; 退職に伴う ▸ a retiring allowance [pension ]退職金 [年金 ].名詞 U 引退, 退職 .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞