undemonstrative
pronunciation
How to pronounce undemonstrative in British English:
UK [ˌʌndɪˈmɒnstrətɪv]
How to pronounce undemonstrative in American English:
US [ˌʌndɪˈmɑnstrətɪv]
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- Adjective:
- not given to open expression of emotion
Word Origin
- undemonstrative (adj.)
- 1826, "not characterized by outward expression of feelings," from un- (1) "not" + demonstrative (adj.).
Example
- 1. He is a man of undemonstrative nature .
- 2. A phlegmatic ...... and certainly undemonstrative man .
- 3. My father was undemonstrative , and could neither share his feelings with us children nor deal with the feelings we had for him .
- 4. They were alike in many ways - forthright , undemonstrative , sometimes irritable , but also kind - and philip became like a son to the great man .
- 5. The hitherto undemonstrative authorities now consider kidnapping to be a serious enough problem to warrant asking for outside help-not something that comes naturally to chinese officialdom .