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cold shoulderˌcold ˈshoulder noun - A declaration of love, or the cold shoulder.
- Banishment was better than this cold shoulder.
- Rachaela had turned on Ruth, not just the habitual cold shoulder, but with a firework of dislike and alienation.
- She was sure that at some point she'd given some one the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing.
- So they have given girlfriends the cold shoulder.
- Then from then on, we were treated with an absolute cold shoulder, and no one would speak to us.
not friendly► unfriendly/not friendly · It's very difficult to work with Lindsay - she's so unfriendly.· I'm sorry if I sounded unfriendly on the phone - I was just tired.· The service at the hotel was bad and the staff weren't very friendly.unfriendly/not friendly to/towards · The other girls weren't openly unfriendly towards her, but they never invited her along with them. ► cold behaving towards other people as if you do not like them or care about them: · His manner all evening was cold and unfriendly.· Next time she saw Harry he wasn't rude to her, just very cold.cold to: · She was oddly cold to him, and I wondered what had happened. ► inhospitable unfriendly to people who are visiting your home or country by not doing anything to make them feel welcome: · Generally, the people I met in the city were rude and inhospitable.· So many tourists had visited the monastery that the monks had grown somewhat inhospitable. ► hostile very unfriendly, and ready to argue with someone, criticize them, or fight with them: · There was a crowd of hostile demonstrators waiting outside her door.hostile to/towards: · He was hostile towards me when I arrived, and the situation did not improve over the next few days.openly hostile: · Several of the neighbors had become openly hostile to one another. ► antagonistic unfriendly and trying to cause arguments with someone: · I can't understand why he's being so antagonistic.antagonistic towards/to: · Why are Kate and John so antagonistic towards each other? ► give somebody the cold shoulder informal to ignore someone and be unfriendly to them, especially because they have upset or offended you: · After I got the promotion, a few of my co-workers started giving me the cold shoulder. ► cliquey/cliquish a group of people who are cliquey or cliquish are friendly to the other people within that group but not to the people outside it: · Everyone at the school was so cliquey, it was hard for me to make new friends.· It was a cliquish group, with the older members staying aloof from the younger ones. ► (give somebody/get) the cold shoulder- A declaration of love, or the cold shoulder.
- Giving the cold shoulder to his usual tipple, Ian Knight raises his coffee cup to Drinkwise Day.
- She was sure that at some point she'd given some one the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing.
- So they have given girlfriends the cold shoulder.
(give somebody/get) the cold shoulder to behave in an unfriendly way towards someone that you know—cold shoulder verb [transitive] |