English-French translations for reticent

• hésitant
• réticent
  Vous, en particulier, devriez être plus réticent, Monsieur Langen. You in particular should be more reticent, Mr Langen.
  Je trouve le commissaire assez réticent dans ce domaine. I find the Commissioner is rather reticent about that.
  Malheureusement, les autorités tunisiennes restent réticentes par rapport à cette ligue. Unfortunately, the Tunisian authorities remain reticent over the issue of this league.
• taciturne

Definition of reticent

• Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained
• Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive

Related words

• theoretical
• theoretic
• heretic
• diuretic
• reticulum
• syncretic
• theoretician
• phoretic
• theoretically
• cretic