What is another word for clammed up?
1375 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ klˈamd ˈʌp], [ klˈamd ˈʌp], [ k_l_ˈa_m_d ˈʌ_p]
Clammed up is a colloquial expression that refers to the act of becoming silent or tight-lipped, especially in situations that require communication or revelation. This phrase is often used to describe a person's reluctance to speak, due to fear, anxiety, or a desire for privacy. There are many synonyms for the phrase "clammed up," which include terms such as muted, speechless, hushed, sealed lips, buttoned up, uncommunicative, and tongue-tied. Each of these words describes a person's unwillingness to share their thoughts or feelings, whether intentionally or because of shyness or nervousness. While these terms all convey a similar idea, they differ in nuance, tone, and implications, providing a range of options for writers and speakers to choose from.
Synonyms for Clammed up:
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adj.
• closemouthed- buttoned up ,
- close-lipped ,
- closelipped ,
- dummied up ,
- have tight chops ,
- zipped one's lips ,
- close ,
- hush-hush ,
- sedate .
- Middle-ground ,
- non-committal ,
- on-the-fence ,
- unrevealing ,
- Temporizing ,
- ambiguous ,
- careful ,
- cautious ,
- circumspect ,
- constrained ,
- discreet ,
- equivocal ,
- evasive ,
- even steven ,
- even-steven ,
- guarded ,
- indefinite ,
- judicious ,
- middle-of-the-road ,
- neutral ,
- politic ,
- restrained ,
- tactful ,
- tentative ,
- vague ,
- wary .
- Inobtrusive ,
- could hear a pin drop ,
- hushful ,
- not saying boo ,
- whist ,
- Quieted ,
- Quieter ,
- Stilled ,
- close-mouthed ,
- dumb ,
- inaudible ,
- low ,
- low-pitched ,
- muffled ,
- noiseless ,
- peaceful ,
- quiescent ,
- quietest ,
- soft ,
- unexpressed ,
- unuttered .
- backstairs ,
- in chambers ,
- in private ,
- in the background ,
- cagey ,
- covert ,
- cryptic ,
- enigmatic ,
- feline ,
- furtive ,
- in privacy ,
- in the dark ,
- on the qt ,
- undercover ,
- withdrawn .
- Inconversable ,
- Silentious ,
- closed up ,
- hushed ,
- iced ,
- mum ,
- struck dumb ,
- tight-lipped ,
- Husher ,
- checked ,
- curbed ,
- faint ,
- hush ,
- inarticulate ,
- incoherent ,
- indistinct ,
- inhibited ,
- laconic ,
- mousy ,
- unclear ,
- unheard .
- Incommunicable ,
- anti-social ,
- dried-up ,
- incommunicative ,
- tightlipped ,
- unexpressive ,
- aloof ,
- antisocial ,
- brooding ,
- cold ,
- curt ,
- distant ,
- dour ,
- sententious ,
- sparing .
- bashful ,
- mute ,
- muted ,
- reserved ,
- shy ,
- soundless ,
- tongue-tied ,
- unsociable ,
- voiceless ,
- zipped .
- aghast ,
- amazed ,
- aphonic ,
- astounded ,
- cool ,
- dazed ,
- dumbfounded ,
- dumbstruck ,
- shocked ,
- thunderstruck ,
- unflappable .
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v.
• button one's lip • stifle • withhold Other relevant words:
- abate ,
- abject ,
- abnegate ,
- abruptly ,
- accident ,
- accommodate ,
- achromatic ,
- adjudge ,
- adjudicate ,
- admit ,
- agree ,
- airless ,
- all right ,
- all the same ,
- alleviate ,
- allow ,
- amend ,
- amex ,
- amputate ,
- annihilate ,
- annul ,
- aplomb ,
- apoplexy ,
- appalled ,
- apply ,
- appreciation ,
- appropriate ,
- arrange ,
- arrest ,
- ascertain ,
- asleep ,
- asocial ,
- assay ,
- assure ,
- assuredness ,
- astonied ,
- astonished ,
- at close range ,
- at peace ,
- at the same time ,
- atmospheric static ,
- atmospherics ,
- avoid ,
- back up ,
- backlog ,
- backstair ,
- balk ,
- balmy ,
- bank check ,
- bar ,
- barricade ,
- baulk ,
- be quiet ,
- bear ,
- belt down ,
- belt up ,
- benumb ,
- better ,
- bind ,
- blacken out ,
- bland ,
- blate ,
- block ,
- block off ,
- block up ,
- blockade ,
- blockage ,
- blot out ,
- blow out ,
- blue ,
- blunt ,
- bob ,
- bobber ,
- bobfloat ,
- bolt down ,
- bomber ,
- bond ,
- book ,
- boring ,
- bottle cork ,
- bottle up ,
- bound ,
- bread and butter ,
- break ,
- break off ,
- break short ,
- break up ,
- breathed ,
- broken ,
- broody ,
- brusk ,
- brusque ,
- buck ,
- buffer ,
- burk ,
- buy the farm ,
- cabalistic ,
- cabinet ,
- cagy ,
- calm ,
- cam stroke ,
- canny ,
- capitulum ,
- cargo area ,
- cargo deck ,
- cargo hold ,
- carry ,
- carry off ,
- cash in one's chips ,
- catch ,
- cease ,
- celebrate ,
- centrist ,
- cerebrovascular accident ,
- certain ,
- chair ,
- chalk ,
- chance event ,
- chary ,
- chasten ,
- check into ,
- check mark ,
- check off ,
- check out ,
- check over ,
- check up on ,
- check-out procedure ,
- checker ,
- checkered ,
- checkout ,
- cheeseparing ,
- cheque ,
- chequer ,
- chequered ,
- chicken feed ,
- chill ,
- chill out ,
- chink ,
- chip ,
- chit ,
- choke coil ,
- choke down ,
- choking coil ,
- chop off ,
- chorus ,
- clandestine ,
- clasp ,
- clench ,
- clever ,
- clip ,
- cloak-and-dagger ,
- clog ,
- clog up ,
- close down ,
- close-fitting ,
- closed in ,
- closely ,
- closing ,
- closing curtain ,
- closure ,
- clutch ,
- clutches ,
- clutter ,
- cold-blooded ,
- coldness ,
- come together ,
- comfort ,
- common cold ,
- compile ,
- concealment ,
- conciliate ,
- conclude ,
- conclusion ,
- concord ,
- concur ,
- condition ,
- confine ,
- confining ,
- confirmation ,
- conform to ,
- congest ,
- conk ,
- conquer ,
- conservative ,
- console table ,
- contain ,
- contemplative ,
- continue ,
- control ,
- cool down ,
- cool off ,
- coolheaded ,
- cork up ,
- correspond ,
- cover ,
- cow ,
- crack ,
- cramp ,
- crampfish ,
- crank ,
- cripple ,
- crisp ,
- croak ,
- crucify ,
- crush ,
- crush out ,
- crushed ,
- cryptical ,
- cumber ,
- curb bit ,
- curbing ,
- curtail ,
- curtly ,
- cushion ,
- cushy ,
- custody ,
- cut ,
- cut back ,
- cut out ,
- cva ,
- damp ,
- dark ,
- deactivate ,
- dead ,
- deadening ,
- deadly ,
- deadpan ,
- deaf-and-dumb person ,
- deaf-mute ,
- decease ,
- deceased ,
- decide ,
- decimate ,
- declare ,
- decline ,
- decompress ,
- deduce ,
- deem ,
- deep ,
- defeat ,
- defend ,
- defy ,
- dehydrate ,
- delay ,
- deliberate ,
- delicate ,
- delight ,
- demobilise ,
- demobilize ,
- dense ,
- deoxyephedrine ,
- departed ,
- depleted ,
- depressed ,
- depression ,
- derive ,
- descend ,
- desiccate ,
- desist ,
- detention ,
- determine ,
- deterrent ,
- diagonal ,
- diaphragm ,
- die ,
- die away ,
- diffident ,
- diffuse ,
- diffused ,
- dim ,
- discerning ,
- discipline ,
- discontinue ,
- disenfranchised ,
- disfranchised ,
- dismayed ,
- dispirited ,
- disrupt ,
- dissent ,
- distillery ,
- do away with ,
- dogged ,
- dollar ,
- dollar bill ,
- donjon ,
- doubtful ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- draw up ,
- drink down ,
- drop dead ,
- drop-off ,
- dumbstricken ,
- dumfounded ,
- dummy ,
- dungeon ,
- dusty ,
- ear ,
- earmark ,
- ease ,
- easy ,
- easygoing ,
- economical ,
- edgy ,
- electric ray ,
- electroneutral ,
- electrostatic ,
- eliminate ,
- empale ,
- encumber ,
- end ,
- ending ,
- endure ,
- enforce ,
- enigmatical ,
- ensconce ,
- enshroud ,
- ensnare ,
- ensure ,
- entertain ,
- entrap ,
- equable ,
- eradicate ,
- even ,
- even so ,
- even-tempered ,
- exanimate ,
- exceedingly ,
- exit ,
- expire ,
- expressionless ,
- extend ,
- extenuate ,
- extremely ,
- faint-hearted ,
- fainthearted ,
- faithful ,
- fall ,
- falling off ,
- falloff ,
- feather ,
- feeble ,
- felid ,
- fell ,
- fend ,
- fill ,
- fill up ,
- finale ,
- finalise ,
- finalize ,
- find out ,
- fine ,
- finis ,
- finish ,
- first ,
- first gear ,
- fit ,
- flabbergasted ,
- flabby ,
- flaccid ,
- florist's chrysanthemum ,
- florists' chrysanthemum ,
- fluent ,
- fluid ,
- foggy ,
- fold ,
- food waste ,
- forbear ,
- forbid ,
- forbidding ,
- forced ,
- forgetful ,
- fortify ,
- fortuity ,
- foul ,
- foursquare ,
- frame ,
- frappe ,
- fret ,
- frigid ,
- frigidity ,
- frost ,
- frosting ,
- frozen ,
- frugal ,
- fuddle ,
- fulfil ,
- fulfill ,
- full point ,
- full stop ,
- garbage ,
- gentle ,
- get back ,
- get over ,
- get rid of ,
- gibe ,
- girdle ,
- give ,
- give up ,
- give-up the ghost ,
- glass ,
- gloomy ,
- gloss over ,
- glowering ,
- glum ,
- go ,
- go along ,
- go down ,
- go for ,
- go on ,
- go over ,
- go under ,
- golden ,
- gone ,
- good-tempered ,
- grasp ,
- grave ,
- grim ,
- grinder ,
- grip ,
- groggy ,
- gruntle ,
- guard ,
- gun ,
- gun for hire ,
- gun muzzle ,
- gunman ,
- gunslinger ,
- halt ,
- halter ,
- hamper ,
- handgrip ,
- handicap ,
- handle ,
- harbor ,
- harbour ,
- hard ,
- harmonise ,
- harmonize ,
- have ,
- have got ,
- heady ,
- hearty ,
- heave ,
- heedful ,
- hero ,
- hero sandwich ,
- hesitating ,
- hide out ,
- high-strung ,
- highly strung ,
- hindrance ,
- hired gun ,
- hit man ,
- hitch ,
- hitman ,
- ho-hum ,
- hoagie ,
- hoagy ,
- hold in ,
- hold off ,
- hold on ,
- hold open ,
- hold up ,
- hole-and-corner ,
- horse barn ,
- however ,
- hugger-mugger ,
- humble ,
- humbled ,
- humiliated ,
- hunky-dory ,
- ice rink ,
- ice-skating rink ,
- icing ,
- idle ,
- ill-defined ,
- impale ,
- impassive ,
- impede ,
- impediment ,
- impersonal ,
- imperturbable ,
- impose ,
- improve ,
- in camera ,
- in secret ,
- inactive ,
- inadequate ,
- incubation ,
- indecipherable ,
- indifferent ,
- indite ,
- indrawn ,
- indulge ,
- indulgent ,
- infer ,
- inhuman ,
- inscrutable ,
- insensate ,
- insure ,
- intercept ,
- interdict ,
- internal-combustion engine ,
- interrupt ,
- invalidate ,
- jam ,
- jape ,
- jejune ,
- jest ,
- jib ,
- jibe ,
- jittery ,
- joke ,
- jumble ,
- jumpy ,
- kabbalistic ,
- keep back ,
- keep down ,
- keep mum ,
- keep on ,
- keep open ,
- kerb ,
- kibosh ,
- kick the bucket ,
- kid-glove ,
- killing ,
- knap ,
- knee ,
- lace ,
- lame ,
- last ,
- laugh ,
- lax ,
- lay off ,
- layover ,
- laze ,
- lead ,
- leaden ,
- learn ,
- leery ,
- legato ,
- lenient ,
- lenify ,
- let up ,
- letup ,
- light ,
- light-headed ,
- lightheaded ,
- limit ,
- liquid ,
- little ,
- live ,
- live on ,
- live up to ,
- livelihood ,
- living ,
- locate ,
- lock ,
- lock away ,
- lock in ,
- lock up ,
- logy ,
- long whist ,
- look into ,
- loose ,
- loosen ,
- loosen up ,
- lop off ,
- low gear ,
- low temperature ,
- low-down ,
- low-key ,
- low-keyed ,
- low-spirited ,
- low-toned ,
- lowly ,
- ma ,
- maintain ,
- make ,
- make relaxed ,
- make up ,
- mama ,
- mamma ,
- mammy ,
- mare's nest ,
- mark ,
- mark off ,
- mash ,
- master ,
- match ,
- measured ,
- meditative ,
- meet ,
- meliorate ,
- meth ,
- methamphetamine ,
- methamphetamine hydrochloride ,
- methedrine ,
- middle of the roader ,
- mild ,
- military reserve ,
- mince ,
- mire ,
- miserable ,
- mistrustful ,
- mitigate ,
- moderationist ,
- modest ,
- modesty ,
- moisten ,
- mom ,
- momma ,
- mommy ,
- moo ,
- moody ,
- morass ,
- moribund ,
- morose ,
- mortal ,
- mortify ,
- moth-eaten ,
- motionless ,
- mouse-colored ,
- mouselike ,
- mousey ,
- muddle ,
- mummify ,
- mummy ,
- musing ,
- muteness ,
- myopic ,
- mysterious ,
- mystifying ,
- nail down ,
- near ,
- nerveless ,
- nervy ,
- nevertheless ,
- nigh ,
- nix ,
- noneffervescent ,
- nonetheless ,
- notwithstanding ,
- nullify ,
- numb ,
- numbfish ,
- nurse ,
- obligate ,
- oblige ,
- obliterate ,
- obscure ,
- observe ,
- obstruct ,
- obtain ,
- obturate ,
- obtuse ,
- occlude ,
- occlusion ,
- occlusive ,
- ok ,
- okay ,
- one dollar bill ,
- oppress ,
- oracular ,
- out of reach ,
- overcome ,
- overstrung ,
- pacific ocean ,
- pall ,
- pander ,
- pass ,
- pass away ,
- pass out ,
- pass up ,
- passive ,
- past ,
- patch up ,
- peaceable ,
- pelt ,
- pen ,
- penny-pinching ,
- pensive ,
- pensiveness ,
- pent ,
- period ,
- perish ,
- persistent ,
- pertinacious ,
- phellem ,
- piano ,
- pithy ,
- placate ,
- placidity ,
- plastered ,
- plosive ,
- plosive consonant ,
- plosive speech sound ,
- point ,
- poise ,
- poker-faced ,
- polish ,
- pondering ,
- poor ,
- poor boy ,
- pop ,
- pop off ,
- postponement ,
- pour down ,
- preceding ,
- preserve ,
- press out ,
- prevail ,
- prevent ,
- privately ,
- probationary ,
- proceed ,
- prohibit ,
- propitiate ,
- proscribe ,
- prosperous ,
- protest ,
- provisional ,
- provisionary ,
- public square ,
- put away ,
- put out ,
- put-down ,
- putting to death ,
- puzzling ,
- qabalistic ,
- quagmire ,
- quench ,
- quiesce ,
- quietly ,
- quip ,
- quit ,
- recluse ,
- reclusive ,
- recoup ,
- reduce ,
- reflective ,
- reject ,
- relaxing ,
- relent ,
- relieve ,
- remote ,
- removed ,
- repose ,
- reposeful ,
- reservation ,
- resign ,
- resolve ,
- restive ,
- restrict ,
- retard ,
- retch ,
- reticence ,
- rigid ,
- root ,
- rooted ,
- ruminative ,
- sang-froid ,
- satisfying ,
- saturnine ,
- save ,
- scant ,
- scotch ,
- scrag ,
- scraps ,
- screen ,
- scummy ,
- scurvy ,
- sear ,
- season ,
- second power ,
- second-stringer ,
- secrecy ,
- secret ,
- secretiveness ,
- secretly ,
- secure ,
- see ,
- see to it ,
- self-effacing ,
- separatrix ,
- sere ,
- serenity ,
- set ,
- set aside ,
- settee ,
- settle down ,
- severed ,
- shabu ,
- shackle ,
- shadowy ,
- shine ,
- shoot down ,
- shooter ,
- short whist ,
- short-change ,
- short-circuit ,
- shortly ,
- shortsighted ,
- shortstop ,
- shot ,
- shriveled ,
- shrivelled ,
- shroud ,
- shut ,
- shut away ,
- shut down ,
- sibylline ,
- simmer down ,
- sink ,
- skin ,
- skinny ,
- slack off ,
- slack up ,
- slack water ,
- slacken ,
- slackness ,
- slake ,
- slash ,
- sleek over ,
- slop ,
- slosh ,
- slow ,
- slow down ,
- slow up ,
- slug ,
- sluggish ,
- slump ,
- small ,
- smooth out ,
- smoothen ,
- snare ,
- sneak ,
- sneaky ,
- snuff it ,
- snuff out ,
- snug ,
- sober ,
- softened ,
- soggy ,
- solace ,
- solemn ,
- solid ,
- solidus ,
- sonant ,
- sour ,
- sparkler ,
- spike heel ,
- spike out ,
- spindle ,
- splash ,
- splosh ,
- square off ,
- square toes ,
- square up ,
- squarely ,
- squash rackets ,
- squash racquets ,
- squash vine ,
- squeeze ,
- squelch circuit ,
- squelcher ,
- squish ,
- staid ,
- stale ,
- stalls ,
- stamp down ,
- stamp out ,
- stand ,
- stand firm ,
- stay ,
- stay fresh ,
- steady ,
- steady down ,
- stealthy ,
- stiffen ,
- stiletto heel ,
- stillness ,
- stinting ,
- stockpile ,
- stop consonant ,
- stop over ,
- stopover ,
- stoppage ,
- stopping point ,
- storage area ,
- straight ,
- straightforward ,
- strained ,
- strangulate ,
- stretch forth ,
- stretch out ,
- stroking ,
- stub out ,
- stuffy ,
- stunned ,
- stupefied ,
- stupid ,
- stuporous ,
- suave ,
- sub ,
- subjugate ,
- submarine ,
- submarine sandwich ,
- submit ,
- subordinate ,
- subside ,
- substantial ,
- substantiation ,
- substitute ,
- subtract ,
- suddenly ,
- sullen ,
- super ,
- support ,
- surd ,
- surmount ,
- surreptitious ,
- surround ,
- survive ,
- suspicious ,
- sustain ,
- sustenance ,
- swoon ,
- swooning ,
- syncope ,
- tab ,
- tacit ,
- taciturnity ,
- take ,
- take for ,
- take hold ,
- take off ,
- take root ,
- takedown ,
- tally ,
- tame ,
- tedious ,
- temper ,
- temperate ,
- tenacious ,
- terminate ,
- terse ,
- thrifty ,
- throttle ,
- throw ,
- thudding ,
- tick ,
- tick off ,
- tight ,
- tighten ,
- tighten up ,
- time lag ,
- timid ,
- tiresome ,
- tone down ,
- tongueless ,
- torpid ,
- toss off ,
- train ,
- trammel net ,
- tranquility ,
- tranquillise ,
- tranquillity ,
- tranquillize ,
- transfix ,
- trap ,
- trash ,
- traverse ,
- triggerman ,
- truncate ,
- turn away ,
- turn back ,
- turn down ,
- unafraid ,
- unagitated ,
- unaired ,
- unarticulate ,
- unassuming ,
- unawares ,
- unbend ,
- unchanging ,
- undecipherable ,
- undefined ,
- underground ,
- understood ,
- unemotional ,
- unflurried ,
- unflustered ,
- unforesightful ,
- unhearable ,
- unlax ,
- unopen ,
- unperturbed ,
- unreachable ,
- unreached ,
- unreadable ,
- unretentive ,
- unsaid ,
- unsounded ,
- unspoken ,
- unstated ,
- unstrain ,
- unsure ,
- unsympathetic ,
- untalkative ,
- untrusting ,
- unverbalised ,
- unverbalized ,
- unvoiced ,
- unwind ,
- unyielding ,
- upstage ,
- veil ,
- verification ,
- veto ,
- view as ,
- virgule ,
- voiced ,
- void ,
- vote down ,
- vote out ,
- voteless ,
- wait ,
- wash ,
- watch ,
- water ice ,
- weak ,
- weaken ,
- wear ,
- wearisome ,
- wedge ,
- welter ,
- whitewash ,
- wipe out ,
- wise ,
- wispy ,
- withal ,
- withered ,
- withhold ,
- withstand ,
- write ,
- yet ,
- yield ,
- zep ,
- zonk out .
- allay ,
- ameliorate ,
- appease ,
- assuage ,
- becalm ,
- button one's lip ,
- calm down ,
- can it ,
- choke ,
- clam up ,
- compose ,
- console ,
- cool it ,
- cool out ,
- dummy up ,
- fix up ,
- gag ,
- gratify ,
- hold it down ,
- ice ,
- inactivate ,
- lull ,
- moderate ,
- mollify ,
- muffle ,
- muzzle ,
- pacify ,
- palliate ,
- patch things up ,
- please ,
- quieten ,
- reconcile ,
- relax ,
- satisfy ,
- settle ,
- shush ,
- shut up ,
- silence ,
- slack ,
- soft-pedal ,
- soften ,
- soothe ,
- square ,
- squash ,
- squelch ,
- stroke ,
- subdue ,
- take the bite out of ,
- tranquilize .
How to use "Clammed up" in context?
Last night, I tried to talk to my best friend about going to a party with us tomorrow night, but she kept clammed up. I don't know what's wrong, but she's not being very communicative lately. I'm starting to feel like she's avoiding me, and I don't know why. I hope she's not getting mad at me for asking her to the party, because I really want to go.
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thinkingly
- Synonyms:
- intelligently, meditatively, pensively, reflectively, thoughtfully, Contemplatively, fancily, Ponderingly.
