Definitions for introvert

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introvert in·tro·vert

Spelling: [noun, adjective in-truh-vurt; verb in-tr Introvert is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 259 anagrams from letters in introvert (einorrttv).

Definitions for introvert

noun

1. a shy person.
2. Psychology. a person characterized by concern primarily with his or her own thoughts and feelings (opposed to extrovert).
3. Zoology. a part that is or can be introverted.

adjective

1. Psychology. marked by introversion.

verb (used with object)

1. to turn inward:
2. Psychology. to direct (the mind, one's interest, etc.) partly to things within the self.
3. Anatomy, Zoology. to turn (a hollow, cylindrical structure) in on itself; invaginate.

Origin of introvert

First recorded in 1660-70; intro- + (in)vert

Examples for introvert

The Major Maintainer hadn't merely been switched to introvert.

They lack anything individual and original, and are just as lukewarm and colourless as the conventional feelings of the introvert.

With the introvert the expression of feelings is really a gesture that is artificially adopted and conventional.

The introvert is the typical contemplative, predominantly interested in the inner world.

The introvert's natural adaptation is by means of thought; feeling being more or less repressed remains undeveloped.

The introvert regards everything from the aspect of his own personality; the extrovert is dependent upon the value of his object.

The introvert is characterised by the thought standpoint; the extrovert by the feeling standpoint.

I would say that Lee's character was that he was more of a listener than a talker, not to the extent of being an introvert.

The mind becomes full of sex: and always, in an introvert, of his own sex.

An Extrovert can hardly conceive the necessity which compels the introvert to conquer the world by means of a system.