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Synonyms for withdrawn
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : with-drawn, with- |
Phonetic Transcription : wɪðˈdrɔn, wɪθ- |
Top 10 synonyms for withdrawn Other synonyms for the word withdrawn
- aloof
- aseptic
- casual
- disinterested
- distant
- incurious
- indifferent
- nongregarious
- offish
- out-of-the-way
- private
- recluse
- reclusive
- remote
- retired
- retiring
- retreated
- secluded
- shrinking
- shy
- silent
- solitary
- standoffish
- taciturn
- taken out
- timorous
- uncommunicative
- uncompanionable
- unconcerned
- uncurious
- undemonstrative
- unforthcoming
- uninterested
Définition of withdrawn
Origin :- early 13c., "to take back," from with "away" + drawen "to draw," possibly a loan-translation of Latin retrahere "to retract." Sense of "to remove oneself" is recorded from c.1300.
- adj unsociable
- adj hidden, remote
- After they had withdrawn, no other footsteps approached the sacred place.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- My mother, I thought, might have withdrawn with me, as she knows that I have not a friend in my sister.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- As for George, he had withdrawn into the dusky shadow behind his father's chair.
- Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- She could scarcely endure the aloofness with which he had withdrawn into himself.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- I threw them a shilling: the hay-rope was withdrawn, and at last we went on.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- The fire should then be withdrawn, and the cake allowed to get cold in the oven.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Cyrus had withdrawn from the stove, and was feeling his chin, uncertainly.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- But he had not withdrawn his arm, and his gaze still dwelt on hers.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- In a moment the girl had withdrawn, and the old man stood within the door.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- She had not withdrawn her hand, when the sleeper opened her eyes and started.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
Antonyms for withdrawn
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