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undemonstrative

UK/ˌʌn dəˈmɒn stɹə tɪv/US/ˌʌn dəˈmɒn stɹə tɪv/
adjectiveC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #15,230 of 15,258Too rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Undemonstrative means not given to showing feeling openly. An undemonstrative man.

It says nothing about what is felt, only about what is shown. An undemonstrative family can be as close as any other and looks colder to outsiders.

Definitions of undemonstrative

  1. 1adjectiveundemonstrativeNot given to showing feeling openly.C2

    “He was undemonstrative to the point that people thought him cold.”

undemonstrative is a quality.

Where it comes from

From un- + demonstrative.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

undemonstrative in the wild

  • General de Gaulle, who was normally undemonstrative and stoic in his affections for his family, was more open and extroverted with Anne.

    Anne de Gaulle

  • Oxx has been widely praised for the care and undemonstrative authority with which he approaches the training and racing of his horses.

    John Oxx

  • "His strong and attractive character and undemonstrative piety impressed all who knew him and gained him a host of friends".

    Frederic Iremonger

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.