introverted Definition

introvert
noun

1. psychol.
Someone who is more concerned with their thoughts and inner feelings than with the outside world and social relationships.
2. Someone who tends not to socialize and who is uncommunicative and withdrawn.

adj

1. Concerned more with one's own thoughts and feelings than with other people and outside events.

Thesaurus: withdrawn, self-centred, introspective, inward-looking; Antonym: gregarious.
Form: introverted (also)

verb introverted, introverting

1. To turn (one's thoughts) inward to concentrate on oneself.
2. To withdraw (eg a part of the body) into the main part, eg as a tortoise can withdraw its head into its shell. Compare extrovert.

Etymology: 17c: from Latin vertere to turn.