Definitions for discreet

discreet dis·creet

Spelling: [dih-skreet]
IPA: /dɪˈskrit/

Discreet is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 343 anagrams from letters in discreet (cdeeirst).

Definitions for discreet

adjective

  1. judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
  2. showing prudence and circumspection; decorous:
  3. modestly unobtrusive; unostentatious:

Origin of discreet

1325-75; Middle English discret Anglo-French, Old French Medieval Latin discrētus, Latin: separated (past participle of discernere; see discern), equivalent to dis

Examples for discreet

Indeed, you shall tell me all about it someday; you know I'm discreet!

Colonel Hofferman paused: de Loubersac kept a discreet silence.

His timing was cautious, and the bar was a discreet 50-foot walk from the hotel.

The sex scene between April and Mr. B. is a montage of discreet close-ups.

But what will they say of Virgil; the wise, the discreet Virgil?

Though Billings was discreet about his sexual orientation, it was well known throughout Washington.

I can see that they are very wise and discreet folk at Beaulieu.

The French press dubbed Hidalgo “the discreet one,” or chided her lack of charisma.

Welcome to The Angel, one of the pay-by-the-hour lodgings offering a discreet haven for trysts and visits with dominatrixes.

One and all swore to be faithful and discreet—and so they proved.

Word Value for discreet
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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