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
Recessive and buttoned-up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recessive" instead an adjective phrase "Buttoned-up".
Recessive
Recessive adjective - Not comfortable around people.
Buttoned-up and recessive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buttoned-up" instead an adjective "Recessive".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- reserved and buttoned-up
- reserved and recessive
- cool and buttoned-up
- cool and recessive
- quiet and buttoned-up
- quiet and recessive
- distant and buttoned-up
- distant and recessive
- aloof and buttoned-up
- aloof and recessive
- restrained and buttoned-up
- restrained and recessive
- shy and buttoned-up
- shy and recessive
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Recessive and Buttoned-up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buttoned-up/recessive
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