withdrawn
Keeping to oneself
Withdrawn describes someone who has pulled back from social contact—quiet, reserved, uncommunicative: She became increasingly withdrawn after the divorce.
The word suggests emotional retreat rather than mere shyness.
As the past participle of withdraw, it also describes things that have been removed or taken back: withdrawn funds, a withdrawn application.
Lacking courage or confidence
- bashfulUncomfortably self-conscious
- diffidentLacking self-assurance
- self-consciousUncomfortably aware of oneself
- retiringLeaving the workforce
meek · mousy · shrinking · wallflower · nervous · hesitant · inhibited · insecure
Examining one's own mind
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- reclusiveSeeking isolation from others
- contemplativeInclined to deep thought
- inward-lookingFocused on oneself
self-contained · reflective · pensive · hermitic · meditative · brooding · thoughtful · inner-directed
Disinclined to speak freely
- taciturnHabitually uncommunicative
- uncommunicativeUnwilling to share thoughts
- quietLacking in sound
- guardedWary and restrained
private · secretive · unforthcoming · tight-lipped · discreet · undemonstrative · restrained · subdued
Far away or aloof
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- remoteDistant or controller
- coldLow temperature state
- standoffishUnfriendly in manner
unapproachable · unfriendly · antisocial · cool · frosty · offish · removed · uninvolved
Deeply discouraged, hopeless
- dejectedLow in spirits
- dispiritedHaving lost heart
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
- listlessLacking energy or enthusiasm
apathetic · flat · numb · unresponsive · passive · disengaged · hollow · empty
timid
Lacking courage or confidence
- bashfulUncomfortably self-conscious
- diffidentLacking self-assurance
- self-consciousUncomfortably aware of oneself
retiring · meek · mousy · shrinking · wallflower · nervous · hesitant · inhibited · insecure · apprehensive
introspective
Examining one's own mind
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- reclusiveSeeking isolation from others
- contemplativeInclined to deep thought
inward-looking · self-contained · reflective · pensive · hermitic · meditative · brooding · thoughtful · inner-directed · bookish
reticent
Disinclined to speak freely
- taciturnHabitually uncommunicative
- uncommunicativeUnwilling to share thoughts
- quietLacking in sound
guarded · private · secretive · unforthcoming · tight-lipped · discreet · undemonstrative · restrained · subdued · unobtrusive
distant
Far away or aloof
standoffish · unapproachable · unfriendly · antisocial · cool · frosty · offish · removed · uninvolved · disengaged
despondent
Deeply discouraged, hopeless
- dejectedLow in spirits
- dispiritedHaving lost heart
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
listless · apathetic · flat · numb · unresponsive · passive · disengaged · hollow · empty · spiritless
revoked
Officially canceled or withdrawn
repealed · voided · reversed · recalled · recanted · disavowed · renounced · abandoned · nullified · overturned
- removedremoved, taken out, eliminated, deleted, erased
- selection statusselected, unselected, chosen, unchosen, picked
- unfriendlyunfriendly, hostile, cold, cool, distant
- introvertsintrovert, introverted, shy, reserved, loner
- alienationestrangement, social isolation, disconnection, exclusion, outsider
- detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference
withdrawnoutgoing
Sociable and unreserved
sociable · gregarious · extroverted · extraverted · social
withdrawnforthcoming
Soon to appear
open · expressive · unreserved · uninhibited · communicative
- strategic withdrawalCalculated military retreat
- withdrawal syndromeSymptoms from stopping substance
- withdrawal symptomsEffects of stopping dependence
- caffeine withdrawalSymptoms from stopping stimulants
- alcohol withdrawalSymptoms from stopping drinking
- cash withdrawalRemoving money from account