cold shoulder
Icy social treatment
Cold shoulder is deliberate unfriendliness or dismissive treatment toward someone: She gave him the cold shoulder after the argument.
The phrase suggests turning away from a person, offering only an indifferent shoulder rather than a warm face.
To cold-shoulder someone is to snub or ignore them pointedly.
Deliberately keep away
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
- ignoreRefuse to notice
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- excludeBar from participation
rebuff · spurn · dismiss · brush off · cut · alienate · sideline · turn away
Far away or aloof
- standoffishUnfriendly in manner
- coolCalm or fashionable
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
reserved · unfriendly · unapproachable · frosty · impersonal · remote · aloof · indifferent
Disdainful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- derisionContemptuous mockery
supercilious · sneering · disparagement · disdainful · contemptuous · dismissive · look down on · holier-than-thou
shun
Deliberately keep away
exclude · rebuff · spurn · dismiss · brush off · cut · alienate · sideline · turn away · disregard
distant
Far away or aloof
- standoffishUnfriendly in manner
- coolCalm or fashionable
- detachedApart or uninvolved
withdrawn · reserved · unfriendly · unapproachable · frosty · impersonal · remote · aloof · indifferent · unresponsive
contempt
Disdainful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
derision · supercilious · sneering · disparagement · disdainful · contemptuous · dismissive · look down on · holier-than-thou · snobbery
- Old Idiomsbeyond the pale, hue and cry, scot-free, knight in shining armor, eat humble pie
- passive aggressionsilent treatment, backhanded compliments, backhanded compliment, eye rolling, eye roll
- social frictioninsults, barbs, slights, jibes, snubs
- temperature idiomshot head, in hot water, hot under the collar, cool as a cucumber, hot potato
- emotional responsesfacial expression, tone of voice, temper tantrum, mood swing, silent treatment
- dismissalsgo away, get out, leave, scram, beat it
cold shoulderwarm welcome
open arms · warm reception · warm greeting · embrace · acceptance
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