My sister says I ask too many questions, such as "What have you been up to lately?" She is the only person who says that.
What do you call a person who doesn't like questions being asked?
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Another good word would be reticent: inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech. |
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There may be different reasons why questions about oneself are unwanted. shy people feel uncomfortable being in center of others attention and that includes being asked a lot of questions. secretive people either have something to hide, or just don't like ttalking about themselves much. Same goes for silent in the meaning Not inclined to speak; not talkative. |
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If you don't want to be critical of her, you could say she's a private person. If you want to imply she might be hiding something, you could say she is secretive. |
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In answer to your question "What do you call a person who doesn't like questions being asked?", I think of such a person as an authoritarian, self-important, fascist, close-minded, stupid, supercilious, cross-grained, arrogant and imperious fool, dunderhead, or dictator. But perhaps that's not what you want to know, and perhaps meant to ask, "How should [Maureen] refer to this question-averse aspect of her sister?", which of course I don't know. However, if previously-suggested shy, silent, private and secretive don't apply, also consider veiled, introverted, taciturn, censorial, no-nonsense, thin-skinned, touchy and untalkative. |
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