The meaning of Reclusive

adjective

Contrary to the laws and customs of society, in a way that causes annoyance and disapproval in others.

Usage examples:

Children's antisocial behaviour

adjective

Harmful to society

Usage examples:

Some critics argued that movies caused antisocial behavior., if you don’t hang out with your friend…

adjective

Enclosed by or having a cloister.

Usage examples:

A cloistered walkway

verb

Seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery.

Usage examples:

The monastery was where the brothers would cloister themselves to meditate

adjective

Of, denoting, or typical of an introvert.

Usage examples:

At school age they become cautious, quiet and introverted.

adjective

Shy, quiet, and preferring to spend time alone rather than often being with other people

Usage examples:

An introverted child, when she started school, she became cautious, quiet and introverted.

adjective

Far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.

Usage examples:

Isolated farms and villages

verb

Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others.

Usage examples:

A country which is isolated from the rest of the world

adjective

Having or showing a dislike of other people; unsociable.

Usage examples:

A misanthropic drunken loner

adjective

Shy and fond of being on one's own.

Usage examples:

A gentle, retiring person who avoided conflict

verb

Leave one's job and cease to work, typically on reaching the normal age for leaving service.

Usage examples:

He retired from the navy in 1986

adjective

Unwilling to be noticed or to be with other people

Usage examples:

He’s a shy, retiring sort of person.

adjective

(of a place) not seen or visited by many people; sheltered and private.

Usage examples:

The gardens are quiet and secluded

verb

Keep (someone) away from other people.

Usage examples:

I secluded myself up here for a life of study and meditation

adjective

Away from people and busy activities, and often hard to reach

Usage examples:

A secluded area/beach, she spent her days in the seclusion of her room.

adjective

Preferring to be alone, away from other people

Usage examples:

He was haughty and seclusive.

adjective

(of a place) isolated and hidden away.

Usage examples:

A wild sequestered spot

verb

Isolate or hide away.

Usage examples:

She is sequestered in deepest dorset

adjective

A sequestered place is peaceful because it is far away from people

Usage examples:

I found a sequestered spot in the park and lay down with my book.

phrasal verb

Keep someone or something inside a place so as not to be seen or contacted by other people.

Usage examples:

Annabelle was shut away in the library for most of the day with a pile of books

phrasal verb

To put a person in a place that they are not allowed or able to leave

Usage examples:

He was ten years old when he was shut away for stealing an apple., the diamonds are shut away in a …

adjective

Done or existing alone.

Usage examples:

I live a pretty solitary life

noun

A recluse or hermit.

Usage examples:

He had something of the solitary about him

adjective

Being the only one, or not being with other similar things, often by choice

Usage examples:

I live a solitary life., he enjoys solitary walks in the wilderness.

adjective

Not enjoying or making an effort to behave sociably in the company of others.

Usage examples:

Terry was grumpy and unsociable

adjective

→  unsocial

adjective

Past participle of withdraw.

verb

Remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

Ruth withdrew her hand from his

adjective

(of a person) preferring to be alone and taking little interest in other people

Usage examples:

During the winter, she became depressed and withdrawn.