Definitions of retiring [ɪˈtaɪ^ər ɪŋ]

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Definition of 'retiring'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) retiring
reserved; shy.

Definition of 'retiring'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) retiring, unassuming
not arrogant or presuming
"unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl"

2. (adj) past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)
of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
"a retiring member of the board"

3. (adj) reticent, self-effacing, retiring
reluctant to draw attention to yourself

Definition of 'retiring'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) retiring
reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners

2. (adj) retiring
of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement

3. retiring
of Retire

Translation of 'retiring'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: shy a very quiet, retiring person.
Afrikaans: teruggetrokke	Arabic: خَجول، هادِئ جِدا	Bulgarian: стеснителен
Brazilian: retraído / tímido	Czech: uzavřený	German: zurückhaltend
Danish: tilbageholdende	Greek: συνεσταλμένος, ντροπαλός	Spanish: retraído, reservado
Estonian: tagasitõmbunud	Farsi: گوشه گیر؛ کناره گیر	Finnish: syrjään vetäytyvä
French: réservé	Hebrew: בַּיישָׁן	Hindi: निवर्ती, निवर्तमान
Croatian: povučen, nedruštven	Hungarian: visszahúzódó	Indonesian: pemalu
Icelandic: hlédrægur	Italian: ritirato	Japanese: 内気な
Korean: 수줍은	Lithuanian: kuklus, santūrus	Latvian: (sevī) noslēdzies; kluss
Malay: pendiam	Dutch: teruggetrokken	Norwegian: reservert, tilbakeholden
Polish: małomówny, powściągliwy	Persian: گوشه گیر؛ کناره گیر	Pashto: تنها. يوازي
Portuguese: retraído	Romanian: rezervat	Russian: застенчивый
Slovak: uzavretý, samotársky, nen	Slovenian: vase zaprt	Serbian: povučen
Swedish: försynt, reserverad	Thai: นิ่งเงียบ	Turkish: utangaç, sıkılgan
Taiwanese: 靦腆的	Ukrainian: скромний; соромливий	Urdu: گوشہ نشیں
Vietnamese: nhút nhát	Chinese: 腼腆的，谦让的，孤独的孤僻的
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