Introverted means recharging alone and drained by crowds. An introverted child, deeply introverted, introverted and thoughtful.
It is about where energy comes from rather than about shyness — an introverted person may be perfectly social and simply tired afterwards, and confusing the two is the commonest error about the word. Jung coined the pair introvert and extravert. Note that the Latin means turned inward.
1adjectiveintrovertedRecharging alone and drained by crowds.
“She's quite introverted and needs a quiet evening alone after a busy day at work.”
introverted is a quality of temperament.
Also accepted in games: introvert
Introvert plus -ed, from Latin intro, inward, plus vertere, to turn. Extravert is its opposite, coined by Jung.
Proto-Indo-European
*wert-
Latin
introvertere
English
introvert
English, today
introverted
Built from
From introvert + -ed, q.v. introvert comes from New Latin introvertere, from intro- (“within”) and vertere (“to turn”). Popularized as a psychological term by the German - works of Carl Jung. by surface analysis, intro- + -vert.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA