3
pigeon-livered(adjective, calm, quiet, humble, silent)
3
reserved(quiet, still, shy, reticent, silent)
3
shocked(adjective, awkward, silent, dazed, dumb)
2
closemouthed(quiet, still, shy, reticent, silent)
2
dumbstricken
2
laconic(still, hushed, soundless)
2
restrained(quiet, still, reticent, silent, hushed)
2
struck dumb(expression, adjective, still, hushed, soundless)
2
tongueless(silent, voiceless)
1
quiet(still, shy, reticent, silent, uncommunicative)
1
acquiescent(adjective, calm, quiet, humble, silent)
1
anaudic
1
answerless(adjective, calm, quiet, humble, silent)
1
bashful(adjective, quiet, awkward, still, shy)
1
breathless
1
brief
1
brusque
1
buttoned up(expression, quiet, still, shy, reticent)
1
can't say boo to a goose(adjective, calm, quiet, humble, silent)
1
checked(still, hushed, soundless)
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