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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uncommunicative undemonstrative unenthusiastic unfriendly uninterested unresponsive unsociable unwelcoming withdrawn

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2017

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 • Sep. 7, 2016

The positioning can be creepily over-friendly or offish.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2014

Helma was an offish, disdainful girl, daughter of a lawyer in Byzantium, Ohio.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.