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- Dictionaryoffish/ˈɒfɪʃ/
adjective
- 1. aloof or distant in manner; not friendly: informal "he was being offish with her"
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(Definition of offish from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of offish. offish. Populations offish, arthropods, mammals, their parasites and the parasites of those parasites evacuate their habitats and resettle elsewhere.
adjective. off· ish ˈȯ-fish. Synonyms of offish. : standoffish. offishnessnoun. Synonyms. aloof. antisocial. asocial. buttoned-up. cold-eyed. cool. detached. distant. dry. frosty. remote. standoffish. unbending. unclubbable. unsociable. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of offish in a Sentence.
Informal aloof or distant in manner.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
adjective. us / ˈɑː.fɪʃ / uk / ˈɒf.ɪʃ / Add to word list. UK. → offhand. Synonym. standoffish informal disapproving. 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.
Define offish. offish synonyms, offish pronunciation, offish translation, English dictionary definition of offish. adj. Inclined to be distant and reserved; aloof. off′ish·ly adv. off′ish·ness n.
Offish definition: aloof; unapproachable; standoffish.. See examples of OFFISH used in a sentence.
May 21, 2024 · Adjective. [edit] offish (comparative more offish, superlative most offish) (colloquial) Clipping of official. References. [edit] “ offish ”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “ offish ”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
UK /ˈɒfɪʃ/ adjective (informal) aloof or distant in manner; not friendly he was being offish with her Examples Some people were a bit offish - not unlike being in a place where not everyone welcomes outsiders.
adjective Inclined to be distant and reserved; aloof. from The Century Dictionary. Inclined to keep aloof; distant in manner; reserved. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. adjective Colloq. U.S. Shy or distant in manner; aloof; stand-offish.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024 How to use offish in a sentence This offishness and even hostility on the part of the dogs did not much disturb the boys.
