offish

[aw-fish, of-ish] / ˈɔ fɪʃ, ˈɒf ɪʃ /

ADJECTIVE

cool

Synonyms

WEAK

aloof annoyed apathetic chill chilly distant frigid impertinent impudent incurious indifferent insolent lukewarm offended offhand procacious remote reserved reticent solitary standoffish unapproachable uncommunicative undemonstrative unenthusiastic unfriendly uninterested unresponsive unsociable unwelcoming withdrawn

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I let that down, baited, and I waited to see what sort offish I would catch.

From Literature

But the only man who takes an interest in him is an offish fellow named Fitzgerald.

From Washington Post

Within a couple of weeks of me moving in we went out for a meal, and as we came back he was basically quite offish with me, and I just didn't understand.

From BBC

Everybody went fishing and everybody caught a lot offish.

From Literature

With no other food coming into the city, the price offish was ten times what it had been before the war, and still rising.

From Literature

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