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buttoned-up

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of buttoned-up

having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others

a buttoned-up colleague who had no interest in talking about anything but work, even at parties

Synonyms of buttoned-up

aloof, antisocial, asocial, cold, cold-eyed, cool, detached, distant, dry, frosty, offish, remote, standoff, standoffish, unbending, unclubbable, unsociable

Words Related to buttoned-up

indrawn, introverted, nongregarious, recessive, reclusive, reserved, unsocial, withdrawn

apathetic, hard, indifferent, unconcerned

clinical, dispassionate, impersonal, professional

disinterested, incurious, uninterested

reticent, silent, taciturn, uncommunicative

diffident, shy, timid

cliquey, cliquish, clubbish

Near Antonyms of buttoned-up

boon, clubbable (also clubable), clubby, companionable, convivial, extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing

communicative, expansive, garrulous, talkative

affable, folksy, genial, gracious, hospitable

agreeable, amiable, congenial, kindly, neighborly

Antonyms of buttoned-up

cordial, friendly, sociable, social, warm

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