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Meaning of in the closet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ɪn ðə ˈklɑzɪt

Definitions

  1. Not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.
    colloquial
  2. Not open about some feature of one's life; often construed with about.
    broadly, colloquial

Equivalents

Español closetero de clóset en el armario en el closet (Lat. Am) enclosetado
Français in petto
Italiano in pectore in petto
Norsk i skapet

Examples

“Was he in control of that narrative? Most likely not. If he’d had the choice, he would have stayed in the closet.”
“She's in the closet about her gambling addiction.”
“She's in the gambling-addiction closet.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

in the clouds in the club in the cold light of day in the course of time in the crosshairs in the dark

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