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- DictionaryRe·tir·ing/rəˈtīriNG/
adjective
- 1. shy and fond of being on one's own: "a gentle, retiring person who avoided conflict"
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Definition of retiring – Learner’s Dictionary. retiring. adjective. uk. Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio. / rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ / us. Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio. shy and quiet. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence.
Synonyms for RETIRING: withdrawn, shy, lone, bashful, introverted, backward, diffident, coy; Antonyms of RETIRING: outgoing, extroverted, extraverted, social, immodest, gregarious, companionable, sociable.
Definition of retiring adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
retire. [intransitive, transitive] to leave your job and stop working, especially because you have reached a particular age or because you are ill; to tell somebody they must stop doing their job. He is retiring next year after 30 years with the company. The company's official retiring age is 65.
Drawing back from contact with others, from publicity, etc.; reserved; shy. Webster's New World. Synonyms: unassuming. preceding. past. self-effacing. reticent. timid. shy. modest. diffident. coy. bashful. withdrawn. unassertive. shrinking. meek. Antonyms: self-confident. extroverted.
RETIRING meaning: 1 : quiet and shy; 2 : used to describe a person who will be retiring from a job or profession soon.
