cold-shoulders
Gives icy treatment
Cold-shoulders is the verb form of cold shoulder, meaning to deliberately ignore or snub someone: She cold-shoulders him every time they pass in the hallway.
The cold shoulder suggests a turned back, offering only indifference where warmth might be expected.
He cold-shouldered his former allies after the promotion.
Deliberate dismissive rejection
- shunDeliberately keep away
- spurnRefuse with contempt
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- ostracizeExclude from a group
brush-off · exclude · ignore · dismiss · decline · refuse · repulse · repudiate
Willful lack of attention
- neglectFailure to provide care
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- ignoreRefuse to notice
- apathyAbsence of feeling
unconcern · detachment · inattention · dismissiveness · nonchalance · obliviousness · unresponsiveness · heedlessness
Emotional separation between people
- isolationComplete separation from others
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- disconnectionState of being severed
separation · marginalization · abandonment · rift · exile · banishment · outcast · pariah
Cold or unwelcoming
- chillyModerately cold
- glacialOf frozen rivers
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- aloofEmotionally withdrawn, uninviting
standoffish · distant · cool · unwelcoming · inhospitable · hostile · brusque · curt
snub
Deliberate dismissive rejection
ostracize · brush-off · exclude · ignore · dismiss · decline · refuse · repulse · repudiate · disown
disregard
Willful lack of attention
apathy · unconcern · detachment · inattention · dismissiveness · nonchalance · obliviousness · unresponsiveness · heedlessness · insensibility
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- isolationComplete separation from others
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- ostracismBanishment from a group
disconnection · separation · marginalization · abandonment · rift · exile · banishment · outcast · pariah · rejection
frosty
Cold or unwelcoming
aloof · standoffish · distant · cool · unwelcoming · inhospitable · hostile · brusque · curt · stony
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