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INDRAWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does indrawn mean?
• INDRAWN (adjective)
The adjective INDRAWN has 1 sense:
1. tending to reserve or introspection
Familiarity information: INDRAWN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tending to reserve or introspection
Synonyms:
indrawn; withdrawn
Context example:
a quiet indrawn man
Similar:
reserved (marked by self-restraint and reticence)
Context examples
Arthur did not notice it, but I could hear the deep hiss of indrawn breath which is one of Van Helsing's ways of betraying emotion.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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