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adjective
- 1. distant and cold in manner; unfriendly: informal "he was an arrogant, stand-offish prig"
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behaving in a slightly unfriendly and too formal way. Synonym. offish UK. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not liking or being pleasant towards others. unfriendly The crowd was unfriendly and dangerous. cool She was very cool towards his new wife. cold She's a cold, heartless woman. icy He gave me an icy stare.
The meaning of STANDOFFISH is somewhat cold and reserved. How to use standoffish in a sentence.
Someone who's standoffish is aloof or unfriendly. When you first meet someone, she might seem standoffish when really she's just shy. A politician who appears standoffish will have more trouble getting elected than one who seems warm and likable.
If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
stand-offish. adjective reserved, remote, distant, aloof, cold, haughty, unapproachable, unsociable He can be quite stand-offish and rude, even to his friends. open, warm, friendly, cordial, sociable, affable, congenial, approachable.
Standoffish definition: somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.. See examples of STANDOFFISH used in a sentence.
Definition of stand-offish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
