cold reception
Chilly welcome treatment
A cold reception is an unwelcoming or unenthusiastic response to someone or something.
The phrase typically describes being greeted with indifference, hostility, or lack of warmth: His proposal got a cold reception from the board.
It can apply to people arriving somewhere or to ideas being presented: The new policy received a cold reception from employees.
- frostyCold or unwelcoming
- chillyModerately cold
- unwelcomeNot wanted here
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
- brush-offAbrupt, dismissive rejection
turned away · dismissal · icy · icy stare · aloof · standoffish · shoulder · rebuff · rejection · shut out · awkward · silence · distant · cool · stiff · hostile · indifferent · glare
- unfriendlinessunfriendliness, hostility, rudeness, aloofness, coolness
- receptionacclaim, applause, backlash, buzz, criticism
- receptionsbridal shower, gallery opening
cold receptionwarm welcome
warm reception · warm embrace · open arms · warm greeting · red carpet treatment
cold receptionstanding ovation
Applause while risen
thunderous applause · rave reviews · fanfare · adulation · celebration
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