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standoffish
adjective as in cold, distant
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Every standoffish adult survived as a chick by this cuddling.
In Google’s earliest days its co-founders were standoffish at best with journalists.
A father whose son played soccer with Holmes recalls that the young man was “kind of a strange, standoffish kid,” he said.
Jack and Jill, the two biggest ones, they was a leetle mite standoffish and inclined to play it safe.
He seemed to be extremely standoffish, cold from embarrassment, and proud from lack of graciousness.
His initial impression was he was a shade standoffish or not over effusive but it grew on him someway.
The meal ended, she rose and swept him a curtsey, neither over-friendly nor standoffish.
I am sure I don't know what to think of the English students being "standoffish" with Americans.
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On this page you'll find 49 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to standoffish, such as: aloof, antisocial, cool, eremitic, haughty, and indifferent.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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