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In the last decades of his life he became reclusive and bellicose.

The reclusive—and controversial—filmmaker vowed to never speak publicly after his ‘Nazi’ scandal at Cannes.

But over the years, cloistered in their mountain keep, complete with moat, Bender and Patton became ever more reclusive.

It opens with Hannah and her reclusive boyfriend Adam having sex, in a scene so disturbing that it felt close to abuse.

How do you deal with the flurry of invitations and requests that fills your mailbox—especially when you are notoriously reclusive?

Some tended to be so over-reclusive that they almost missed recognition; others were hail-fellow-well-met in any company.

Perhaps I thought so reclusive a man as he even then appeared would never come at all.

"Satish became very reclusive after his wife's death," Bishnu continued.

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On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to reclusive, such as: cloistered, isolated, antisocial, ascetic, eremitic, and hermetic.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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