English-Thai Dictionary

secretive

ADJ ซึ่ง ปิดปาก  ไม่ พูด  ปิด เป็นความลับ  ซ่อนเร้น  ลี้ลับ  แอบแฝง  ลับๆ  ล่อๆ  close reticent incommunicative sueng-pid-pak

 

secretively

ADV อย่าง เป็นความลับ  yang-pen-kwam-lab

 

secretiveness

N ความลับ  kwam-lab

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SECRETIVE

SECRETIVE Se *cret "ive, a.

 

Defn: Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition.

 

SECRETIVENESS

SECRETIVENESS Se *cret "ive *ness, n.

 

1. The quality of being secretive; disposition or tendency to conceal.

 

2. (Phren.)

 

Defn: The faculty or propensity which impels to reserve, secrecy, or concealment.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

secretive

se cre tive |ˈsēkritiv ˈsikrɪdɪv | ▶adjective (of a person or an organization ) inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information: she was very secretive about her past. • (of a state or activity ) characterized by the concealment of intentions and information: secretive deals. • (of a person's expression or manner ) having an enigmatic or conspiratorial quality: a secretive smile. DERIVATIVES se cre tive ly adverb, se cre tive ness noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: back-formation from secretiveness, suggested by French secrétivité, from secret ‘secret. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

secretive

se ¦cret |ive |ˈsiːkrɪtɪv | ▶adjective (of a person or an organization ) inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information: she was very secretive about her past. • (of a state or activity ) characterized by the concealment of intentions and information: secretive deals. • (of a person's expression or manner ) having an enigmatic or conspiratorial quality: a secretive smile. DERIVATIVES secretively adverb, secretiveness noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: back-formation from secretiveness, suggested by French secrétivité, from secret ‘secret ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

secretive

secretive adjective I trusted you with this because you're the most secretive person I know: uncommunicative, secret, unforthcoming, playing one's cards close to one's chest, reticent, reserved, silent, noncommunicative, quiet, tight-lipped, buttoned-up, close-mouthed, taciturn. ANTONYMS open, communicative.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

secretive

secretive adjective a secretive person: uncommunicative, secret, unforthcoming, reticent, taciturn, silent, non-communicative, quiet, tight-lipped, close-mouthed, close, playing one's cards close to one's chest, clamlike, reserved, introvert, introverted, self-contained, discreet. ANTONYMS open, communicative, chatty.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

secretive

se cre tive /síːkrətɪv, sɪkríːtɪv /形容詞 〈人が 〉 «…について » 秘密にしたがる, 隠し立てする «about » ; 無口の .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞