Buttoned-up
Buttoned-up adjective - Having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
Usage example: a buttoned-up colleague who had no interest in talking about anything but work, even at parties
Detached and buttoned-up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Detached" instead an adjective phrase "Buttoned-up".
Detached
Detached adjective - Having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
Usage example: a detached observer at company parties, taking it all in and saying very little
Buttoned-up and detached are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buttoned-up" instead an adjective "Detached".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- calm and buttoned-up
- calm and detached
- reserved and buttoned-up
- reserved and detached
- cool and buttoned-up
- cool and detached
- distant and buttoned-up
- distant and detached
- aloof and buttoned-up
- aloof and detached
- restrained and buttoned-up
- restrained and detached
- remote and buttoned-up
- remote and detached
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Detached and Buttoned-up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buttoned-up/detached
Buttoned-up & Detached. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/buttoned-up/detached>.
Detached or Buttoned-up. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/buttoned-up/detached.
