recluse
adjective
, ri-ˈklüs, ˈre-ˌklüz
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Definition of recluse
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recluse
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Synonyms for recluse
Synonyms: Noun
anchorite, eremite, hermit, isolate, solitary
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Examples of recluse in a Sentence
Noun
My neighbor is a recluse—I only see him about once a year. he was sick of cities and crowds, so he decided to go live by himself in the woods as a recluseRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Sure, there was a bit of intrigue: A previous owner was said to be a recluse, neighbors revealed. — Boston.com Real Estate, "From creepy to cool: Buyers are finding unusual things hidden in their homes," 28 Aug. 2019 The venom of a brown recluse can cause a severe lesion by destroying skin tissue (skin necrosis). — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, "Woman Thought She Had Water in Her Ear — Turns Out It Was a Venomous Brown Recluse Spider," 23 Aug. 2019 But the thump wasn’t enough against the lure of pop recluse Sky Ferreira, who was scheduled to hit the Green Stage at 4:15. — Jessi Roti, chicagotribune.com, "Pitchfork Music Fest 2019: 14 things we loved from a sweaty day 1," 19 July 2019 Ni Jiajia, 26, described herself as a recluse and said attending the class forced her to get out. — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, "In a workaholic China, the stressed-out find a refuge with monks and Sanskrit," 6 Aug. 2019 She is returned to her father, a rich recluse who is made more eccentric by grief. — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, "In Mark Haddon’s “The Porpoise,” Storytelling Is an Instrument of Violence and Solace," 13 June 2019 The fifth season of Black Mirror features Andrew Scott as a gun-wielding Uber driver and Topher Grace as a long-haired recluse. — Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, "Miley Cyrus Says That Her 'Black Mirror' Episode Is Based on Her Actual Life," 5 June 2019 Bernstein stressed Bacall was far from a recluse and instead, enjoyed her life beyond Hollywood’s glitz and glam. — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, "Leonard Bernstein's daughter says pal Lauren Bacall 'was not a shut-in' after Humphrey Bogart's death in new memoir," 13 Sep. 2018 Release: January 18, 2019 Preliminary verdict: Looks promising In 2016, M. Night Shyamalan released Split, an unassuming psychological thriller starring James McAvoy as a recluse suffering from split personality disorder. — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, "The 2019 Sci-Fi Film Guide," 3 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'recluse.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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