Associations to the word «Reticent»

Wiktionary

RETICENT, adjective. Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.

Dictionary definition

RETICENT, adjective. Temperamentally disinclined to talk.
RETICENT, adjective. Cool and formal in manner.
RETICENT, adjective. Reluctant to draw attention to yourself.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King