Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- reserved; introspective: a quiet, indrawn man.
- made with the breath drawn in: an indrawn sigh.
adjective
- drawn or pulled in
- inward-looking or introspective
also in-drawn, 1751, from in (adv.) + past tense of draw (v.). Middle English had indrawing “action of drawing in” (late 14c.). The plain verb indraw is rare, late 19c., and might be a back-formation.