different between unemotional vs reserved

English

Etymology

un- +? emotional

Adjective

unemotional (comparative more unemotional, superlative most unemotional)

1. Showing little or no feeling.

   An unemotional person

2. Reasoned and objective, involving reason or intellect rather than feelings.

Synonyms

• (showing little or no feeling): dispassionate; See: Thesaurus:alexithymic

Antonyms

• (showing little or no feeling): passionate

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?vd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z??vd/
• Hyphenation: re?served

Verb

reserved

1. simple past tense and past participle of reserve

Adjective

reserved (comparative more reserved, superlative most reserved)

1. (comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

   He was a quiet, reserved person.

2. (not comparable) Set aside for a particular person or purpose.

   I'm sorry, sir, but these are reserved seats.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:taciturn

Derived terms

• reserved track
• reserved word (computing)

Related terms

• reservedly
• reservedness

Translations

See also

• shy

Anagrams

• deserver, reversed