Reverse Dictionary: RESERVE (aloofness)

ADJECTIVES
► BUTTONED UP reluctant to reveal emotion or to express thoughts freely; reserved, inhibited, or formal in manner or disposition; repressed prim → 1767
► DAIN reserved, distant → c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► DERN of persons: secret in purpose or action; reserved, close; hence, underhand, sly, crafty → a1000 obs.
► DRY miserly, stingy; reserved, uncommunicative → 1922
► ICEBOUND said of a cold, reserved person unable to care or show emotion → 1922 Amer. dial.
► ICY cold, unemotional; reserved; aloof; without feeling or warmth → 1910s sl.
► INBIGGET ► INBIGGIT selfish, morose, reserved, obstinate, uncommunicative, introverted → 1825 Sc.
► INWARD silent, reserved → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LANERLY ► LENNERLIE lonely, alone, reserved in manner → 1823 Sc.
► MEALY-MOUTHED reticent, reserved, afraid to speak out; plausible, smooth-tongued, hypocritical → 1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MOUSY shy and reserved → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)
► OFFISH aloof; unapproachable; standoffish; distant or unapproachable in manners; reserved, shy, unsocial → 1825
► SHUT-MOUTHED silent, secretive, reserved → 1909 Amer. dial.
► SKITTISH inclined to show coyness or reserve → 1648
► STUCK-UP arrogant, snobbish, reserved → M19
► STUCKUPPY arrogant, snobbish, reserved → M19
► TACITURNOUS silent, saying nothing, reserved in speech, making no noise → 1727 obs.
► THIEVELESS shy, reserved; cold, frigid in manner, forbidding → 1787 Sc.
► TID ► TIDD cunningly reserved → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UNCO reserved in manner, shy, bashful → 1808 Sc.
► YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious → 1828 Eng. dial.

ADVERBS
► OFFISHLY in a reserved or aloof manner → 1861 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► FROIDEUR coldness of manner; indifference, disdain, reserve → 1645
► OFFISHNESS reserve, coolness, aloofness → M19 sl.
► THUMB UNDER THE GIRDLE, A denotes reserve or unsociableness → 1607 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ICEBERG a cold, unemotional, and reserved person → 1840 sl.
► ICEBERGER a cold, reserved or unresponsive person → 1835
► MANGINA a reticent, reserved man → 2000s US students’ sl.
► OLD OYSTER a term of address, esp. to a reserved, uncommunicative person → c1890 sl.
► ONE TO HISSEL an unsociable, reserved person → 1884 Eng. dial.
► OYSTER a reserved or uncommunicative person → 1925
► SHUT-MOUTH a person who says little; a silent, secretive or reserved person → 1891 Amer. dial.
► STUCK-UP an arrogant, snobbish, or reserved person → L19 sl.
► TACITURNIST one who practices habitual silence or reserve → 1887

VERBS
► BUTTON UP to behave in a formal, reserved manner; to remain silent → 1872 colloq.
► FLOCK BY ONESELF to act in a reserved manner → 1897 Amer. dial.