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Guarded

Guarded Meaning & Definition
Guarded Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Guarded?

[adj] prudent; "guarded optimism"
[adj] very reluctant to give out information

Synonyms | Synonyms for Guarded: cautious | incommunicative | noncommittal | restrained | uncommunicative | unrevealing

Related Terms | Find terms related to Guarded: all ears | all eyes | aloof | apprehensive | Argus-eyed | armed | arrested | aux aguets | backward | bashful | blank | bridled | buried | cagey | calculating | canny | careful | cautious | chary | chilled | chilly | circumspect | cloaked | cold | concealed | considerate | constrained | controlled | cool | copyrighted | covered | covert | curbed | custodial | defended | deliberate | detached | discreet | disinclined to believe | disposed to doubt | distant | eagle-eyed | expressionless | forbidding | frigid | frosty | gingerly | hard of belief | hawk-eyed | heedful | hesitant | hidden | icy | impassive | impersonal | impervious to persuasion | in check | in leading strings | in remission | inaccessible | inconvincible | incredulous | inhibited | introverted | invulnerable | judicious | keen-eyed | leaving out nothing | leery | lidless | loath | mindful | modest | noncommittal | obscured | observant | offish | Olympian | on guard | on leash | on the lookout | on the watch | open-eyed | overlooking no possibility | patented | pawky | pent-up | policed | politic | privy | protected | prudent | regardful | reluctant | remote | removed | repressed | reserved | restrained | retarded | reticent | retiring | safe | safeguarded | screened | sharp-eyed | sheltered | shielded | shrinking | shrouded | shy of belief | skeptical | sleepless | slow to act | slowed down | standoff | standoffish | subdued | suppressed | suspecting | suspicious | tentative | thorough | unadventurous | unaffable | unapproachable | uncommunicative | uncongenial | unconvincible | uncredulous | undaring | undemonstrative | under control | under discipline | under restraint | unenterprising | unexpansive | ungenial | unpersuadable | unpersuasible | unprecipitate | unwilling to accept | vigilant | wary | watchful | with open eyes | withdrawn

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Guarded In Webster's Dictionary

\Guard"ed\, a. Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded. -- {Guard"edly}, adv. -- {Guard"ed*ness}, n.

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