Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Removed or remote from others; solitary.
- adj. Screened from view; sequestered.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Separated from others; withdrawn from public observation; retired; living in retirement: as, a secluded spot; to pass a secluded life.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- adj. hidden from general view or use
- adj. providing privacy or seclusion
Examples
““grew beneath her parents eyes” is a meaning opposite to the text. she dwelt απο προγονων [3] — this you have rendered too laxly in secluded from the world.”
“February 22nd, 2009 at 3: 29 pm eastern Kentucky, where the growing often takes place in secluded spots on NPS land”
Matthew Yglesias » The Virtue of Quasi-Legal Status for Marijuana
“Here and there, in secluded portions of the world, still linger a few of man's fiercer enemies.”
“We wrote a lot of it in secluded, rural, upstate NY, and trying to fill every possible space with sound wasn't as much of a priority -- possibly in part because we could hear so much better.”
The Huffington Post: Jon Chattman: Entering The Orchard with Ra Ra Riot
“Female deer leave their fawns in secluded spots while they forage for food.”
“Phelps quotes a letter Bourne sent to a friend shortly thereafter, in which he laments that I feel very much secluded from the world, very much out of touch with my times ….”
“Up till now, the practice was encouraged at stately homes around the country where "pee bales" have been deposited in secluded areas of National Trust gardens to allow male members of staff to relieve themselves.”
“Apparently, it is felt much cheaper to now lock people away in secluded areas than to actually spend their NI contributions on treating them.”
“The sightings are in secluded villages where there are no cars or telephones so news travels by word of mouth.”
“The quality or condition of being secluded from the presence or view of others.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘secluded’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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ghost
This is Ghost List 2 ( the kind that go 'boo!' ) :P
( open list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/macabrephantom, spectral, specter, spectre, spooky, poltergeist, haunt, spirit, banshee, cryptic, shadow, phantasm and 311 more...
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Introverted
Quiet, shy, Introverted, reserved, isolated, mysterious
abashed, alienated, alone, anonymous, antisocial, ascetic, asocial, austere, autonomous, awkward, bashful, clannish and 91 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Faintheart's Words
onomatopoeia, no, terrafactive, word, faint, heart, joy, quixotic, karla, half, amp, tardis and 181 more...
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conceptwriter's Words
sloth, jackass, dickhead, technostalgic, futuristic, enigma, impact, addict, nasty, premium, extraordinaire, yearning and 262 more...
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Reading Random
Got unknown words randomly
delinquency, modicum, dissuade, incendiary, destitute, lachrymose, plight, ruse, empirical, pedantic, demography, giggle and 444 more...
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oneasterism's words
Words that I like, that I don't use often enough, that are new to me, that friends and family have taught me, and so on.
lugubrious, reticent, eschelon, missive, penchant, copious, conspicuous, tranquil, redolent, asinine, inane, dilatory and 625 more...
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Setting the Scene: Dark and Dreary
Words that lend to the dark and dreary atmosphere of gothic literature.
dark, dreary, shroud, shrouded, veiled, skeleton, skeletal, dead, death, murky, gloomy, lugubrious and 274 more...
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ari
words
craven, perennial, incumbent, infraction, truancy, foreboding, missgiving, understudy, upkeep, withdrawal, retreat, underscore and 95 more...
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travel
for writing travelogues
traverse, delve, explore, discover, serene, bliss, heaven, haven, hotspot, nestled, secluded, transcend and 67 more...
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First Thought
merciless, enamoured, occluded, transposed, abysmal, palpitations, secluded, agony, transverse, itchings, detained, lament and 9 more...
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disenelo's Words
habiliment, kudos, monotheistic, gargantuan, trappings, dishabille, amalgamating, pulchritudinous, jezebelian, secluded, ignoramus, pugnacious and 30 more...
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only the lonely
lonesome, lonely, loner, hermit, shut-in, recluse, ascetic, shy, wallflower, misanthrope, retiring, forlorn and 21 more...
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enc1ner's Words
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