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UN-APPROACHABLE
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfriendly |
| Synonyms: | aloof, chilly*, cold, cool, distant, frigid, hesitant, inaccessible, remote, reserved, standoffish, uncommunicative, unsociable, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | approachable, friendly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aloof |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remote |
| Synonyms: | above, apart, casual, chilly, cold, cold fish, cool, detached, distant, forbidding, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, haughty, incurious, indifferent, laid back, lone wolf, loner*, offish, on ice, putting on airs, reserved, secluded, solitary, standoffish, stuck up, supercilious, thick-skinned, unapproachable, unconcerned, unfriendly, uninterested, unresponsive, unsociable, unsympathetic, uppity, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | concerned, friendly, sociable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cool |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aloof, disapproving |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, apathetic, distant, frigid, impertinent, impudent, incurious, indifferent, insolent, lukewarm, offended, offhand, offish, procacious, reserved, solitary, standoffish, unapproachable, uncommunicative, unenthusiastic, unfriendly, uninterested, unresponsive, unsociable, unwelcoming, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | approving, friendly, kind, responsive, warm |
| Main Entry: | distant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | faraway |
| Synonyms: | a piece, abroad, abstracted, apart, arm's length, asunder, away, backwoods, beyond range, far, far back, far-flung, far-off, farther, further, in the background, in the boonies, in the distance, in the sticks, inaccessible, indirect, isolated, middle of nowhere, not home, obscure, out of earshot, out of range, out of reach, out-of-the-way, outlying, remote, removed, retired, secluded, secret, separate, sequestered, telescopic, unapproachable, ways, wide of, yonder |
| Antonyms: | adjacent, close, near, nearby, neighboring |
| Main Entry: | distant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aloof |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, ceremonious, cold, cool, formal, haughty, insociable, laid back, modest, offish, on ice, proud, put on airs, remote, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, shy, solitary, standoff, standoffish, stiff, stuck-up, unapproachable, uncompanionable, unconcerned, unfriendly, unsociable, uppity, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | friendly, kind, sympathetic, warm |
| Main Entry: | forbidding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ominous, daunting |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, disagreeable, dour, foreboding, frightening, glowering, grim, hostile, menacing, odious, off-putting, offensive, repellent, repulsive, sinister, threatening, tough, ugly, unapproachable, unfriendly, unpleasant |
| Notes: | forbidding means harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance, while foreboding is a feeling of evil to come |
| Antonyms: | approachable, friendly, undaunting |
| Main Entry: | frigid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unresponsive |
| Synonyms: | aloof, austere, chilly, cold, cold-hearted, cold-shoulder, cool, forbidding, formal, frosty, icy, impotent, indifferent, lifeless, passionless, passive, repellent, rigid, stiff, unapproachable, unbending, unfeeling, unloving |
| Antonyms: | amicable, amorous, lovable, loving, responsive, warm |
| Main Entry: | glacial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfriendly |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antagonistic, chill, cold, cool, distant, emotionless, frigid, hostile, icy, inaccessible, indifferent, inimical, remote, reserved, seclusive, standoffish, unapproachable, unemotional, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | amicable, friendly, warm |
| Main Entry: | impervious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to be penetrated |
| Synonyms: | closed to, hermetic, immune, impassable, impassive, impenetrable, impermeable, imperviable, inaccessible, invulnerable, resistant, sealed, tight, unaffected, unapproachable, unmoved, unpierceable, unreceptive, watertight |
| Antonyms: | exposed, open, penetrable, responsive, sensitive, vulnerable |
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