Difference between revisions of "Standoffish"

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# [[aloof|Aloof]]; [[reserved]]; [[unsociable]] and [[unfriendly]].
 
# [[aloof|Aloof]]; [[reserved]]; [[unsociable]] and [[unfriendly]].
#*'''1922''', [[w:James_Joyce|James Joyce]], ''Ulysses'', episode 16,
 
#*:His initial impression was that he was a bit '''standoffish''' or not over effusive.
 
#*'''1928''', [[w:D._H._Lawrence|D. H. Lawrence]], ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'', ch. 7,
 
#*:They were always a haughty family, '''standoffish''' in a way, as they've a right to be.
 
  
 
===Thesaurus===
 
===Thesaurus===
[[Olympian]], [[above all that]], [[aloof]], [[backward]], [[bashful]], [[blank]], [[chilled]], [[chilly]], [[cold]], [[constrained]], [[cool]], [[detached]], [[discreet]], [[distant]], [[eremitic]], [[exclusive]], [[expressionless]], [[forbidding]], [[frigid]], [[frosty]], [[guarded]], [[haughty]], [[highfalutin]], [[icy]], [[impassive]], [[impersonal]], [[inaccessible]], [[insociable]], [[introverted]], [[lordly]], [[misanthropic]], [[modest]], [[offish]], [[pompous]], [[reclusive]], [[remote]], [[removed]], [[repressed]], [[reserved]], [[restrained]], [[reticent]], [[retiring]], [[seclusive]], [[shrinking]], [[snooty]], [[solitary]], [[standoff]], [[subdued]], [[suppressed]], [[unaffable]], [[unapproachable]], [[uncompanionable]], [[uncongenial]], [[undemonstrative]], [[unexpansive]], [[unfriendly]], [[ungenial]], [[unsociable]], [[unsocial]], [[withdrawn]]
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[[above all that]], [[aloof]], [[backward]], [[bashful]], [[blank]], [[chilled]], [[chilly]], [[cold]], [[constrained]], [[cool]], [[detached]], [[discreet]], [[distant]], [[eremitic]], [[exclusive]], [[expressionless]], [[forbidding]], [[frigid]], [[frosty]], [[guarded]], [[haughty]], [[highfalutin]], [[icy]], [[impassive]], [[impersonal]], [[inaccessible]], [[insociable]], [[introverted]], [[lordly]], [[misanthropic]], [[modest]], [[offish]], [[pompous]], [[reclusive]], [[remote]], [[removed]], [[repressed]], [[reserved]], [[restrained]], [[reticent]], [[retiring]], [[seclusive]], [[shrinking]], [[snooty]], [[solitary]], [[standoff]], [[subdued]], [[suppressed]], [[unaffable]], [[unapproachable]], [[uncompanionable]], [[uncongenial]], [[undemonstrative]], [[unexpansive]], [[unfriendly]], [[ungenial]], [[unsociable]], [[unsocial]], [[withdrawn]]
  
 
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*[[standoff]]
 
*[[standoff]]
 
*[[stand off]]
 
*[[stand off]]
 
===References===
 
*{{R:Dictionary.com|standoffish}}
 
*[http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/standoffish.html "standoffish"] in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
 
*[http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=77533&dict=CALD "standoffish"] in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
 
*[http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/standoffish?view=uk "standoffish"] in ''Compact Oxford English Dictionary'', © Oxford University Press, 2007.
 
*''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989.
 
*''Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary'', 1987-1996.
 

Latest revision as of 07:46, 14 October 2020

English

Adjective

Standoffish (comparative more Standoffish, superlative most Standoffish)

  1. Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly.

Thesaurus

above all that, aloof, backward, bashful, blank, chilled, chilly, cold, constrained, cool, detached, discreet, distant, eremitic, exclusive, expressionless, forbidding, frigid, frosty, guarded, haughty, highfalutin, icy, impassive, impersonal, inaccessible, insociable, introverted, lordly, misanthropic, modest, offish, pompous, reclusive, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, seclusive, shrinking, snooty, solitary, standoff, subdued, suppressed, unaffable, unapproachable, uncompanionable, uncongenial, undemonstrative, unexpansive, unfriendly, ungenial, unsociable, unsocial, withdrawn

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