Blackthorn(noun) a spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe. Blackthorn(noun) a species of Crataegus or hawthorn (C. tomentosa).

: to beat with or as if with a cudgel. cudgel one’s brains. : to think hard (as for a solution to a problem)

In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for cudgel, like: pummel, hit, bat, bludgeon, beat, club, blackjack, cane, drive, drub and shillelagh.

adj. 1 clandestine, closet, confidential, covert, hush-hush (informal) in camera, inside, off the record, privy (archaic) secret, unofficial. 2 exclusive, individual, intimate, own, particular, personal, reserved, special. 3 independent, nonpublic.

10 adj If you describe someone as a private person, you mean that they are very quiet by nature and do not reveal their thoughts and feelings to other people. Gould was an intensely private individual.

To me, a “private person” is someone who mostly “keeps to themselves”. This tends to imply they are quiet and value spending their time alone. For example, a private person might enjoy their alone time, but also gets along well with others in situations where they need to be social or choose to be.

Having boundaries makes you a magnet for mutual and healthy relationships with connected people who are capable of love, honesty, respect, and loyalty. Being a private person also slays paranoia. You’re no longer worried about who knows what story.

Keeping your relationship private is a personal decision that needs to be mutual. But no matter what you and your partner share or don’t share, the only thing that matters is that you both genuinely value each other more than the opinions of other people.