Crossword clues for introvert
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Introvert \In`tro*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Introverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Introverting.] [Pref. intro- + L. vertere, versum, to turn.]
To turn or bend inward. ``Introverted toes.''
--Cowper.To look within; to introspect.
--Lew Wallace.
Introvert \In"tro*vert`\, n.
A person who is introverted; one concerned predominantly with himself or his own feelings. Contrasted with extrovert.
A person who is shy.
(Zo["o]l.) A part that can be introverted[1].
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. (context of a person English) Who focuses primarily on their own mind, feelings, or affairs. n. One who focuses primarily on their own mind, feelings, or affairs.
WordNet
n. (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts [ant: extrovert]
v. fold inwards; "some organs can invaginate" [syn: invaginate]
turn inside; "He introverted his feelings"
Usage examples of "introvert".
Braud and Schlitz also discovered that the most anxious and introverted people being stared at had the greatest magnitude of unconscious electrodermal responses.
I wonder why there are significant numbers of introverts when, by the theory of evolution and the survival of the fittest, the introverts should have been removed from the population a long time ago.
We are definitely both introverts, both very sensitive, timid and easily threatened.
By rights Ned belongs with me, among the nondrivers, the thinkers, the bookish introverted tormented deprived subway riders.
The stereotypical science fiction reader was a skinny kid with glasses and acne, introverted and scapegoated by the tough kids who surrounded him and were rightly suspicious of anyone who knew how to read.
It's a matter of the finest balances, and extraverted and introverted attitudes.
Applicants had to be extroverted enough to socialize, but introverted enough to have studied a discipline to the point of mastering it.
For instance, two people may have the same gift of evangelism, but if one is introverted and the other is extroverted, that gift will be expressed in different ways.
She saw the introverted one sway slightly on her feet and caught at her before McCoy could.
The High Commissioner put her arm around her daughter's waist and held out her other hand to the introverted one, drawing her into the circle as if she had suddenly acquired a second daughter.
But he was not so far removed that he could not sense the introverted one's presence.
Cleante demanded, sensing that the introverted one was in danger of introverting herself into extinction unless a little human teasing could prevent it.
She's beautiful, charming, funny, cute, sensitive, introverted, rich, glamorous, American, and she has her own house--a house just for herself, and for me.
He tried to imagine austere, introverted T'Shael facing the Council and Starfleet Command, answering their questions, passing their test.
The shy and introverted boy-king, whose only pleasure was hunting, poured out his heart to this chief falconer, Luynes.