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单词 stand-offish
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Definition of stand-offish in English:

stand-offish

adjectivestandˈɒfɪʃ
informal
  • Distant and cold in manner; unfriendly.

    he was an arrogant, stand-offish prig
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Since then, she's been reclusive, stand-offish, and another synonym for those two words.
    • He hadn't been cruel or physically abusive, merely distant and stand-offish.
    • Although initially stand-offish, Sistani ordered his people to co-operate with the Americans.
    • I found the lady a little stand-offish and decided that the job wasn't for me after all (I'd suspected this before I actually had the interview, anyway).
    • You've heard that some of the girls at school think you're snobby and stand-offish.
    • Even the fiercest Rottwieler or the stand-offish German Shepherd becomes as timid as a doe when Murugan takes them by the leash.
    • Although her publicity shots present her as a sultry, moody, sleepy-eyed blonde with a slightly sneering, stand-offish expression, Herbert couldn't be more down-to-earth, likeable and friendly.
    • Where most of the marines had been somewhat stand-offish or had just ignored him, John was now being greeted by every marine that passed him.
    • Some politicians can be very stand-offish but Mr Blair was very nice and pleasant.
    • He certainly could be responsive and very, very smart, but there was always that stand-offish quality.
    • She writes in the same light, charming, though slightly stand-offish style.
    • She never won widespread popular approval with her stand-offish manner.
    • My son's daycare teacher has a stand-offish attitude to me now.
    • Everyone nodded, except the girls who remained stand-offish.
    • Some people are receptive, but others are understandably stand-offish.
    • He's usually stand-offish but seems he and the Captain are talking more as of late so I think that gives us a full house.
    • He has a reputation for being wooden and stand-offish, but I think he comes across as both personable and thoughtful in his ads.
    • Even the most stand-offish of neighbours had no choice but to bump into each other on the stairs.
    • An odd thing for anybody to do, but for an Australian particularly in a side like that, in a touring side, it was regarded as being pretty stand-offish, they didn't like it.
    • His last speech was a good one, it summed up everything he's been working for, but it was a bit stand-offish.
    Synonyms
    aloof, distant, remote, detached, impersonal, withdrawn, reserved, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, unapproachable, unfriendly, unsociable, cool, chilly, cold, haughty, disdainful, uninvolved, unresponsive, indifferent, unconcerned, preoccupied, abstracted
    introspective, introvert, introverted
    rare Olympian

Derivatives

  • stand-offishly

  • adverbstandˈɒfɪʃ(ə)li
    informal
    • The player was stand-offishly cold and uncooperative with the media for the two weeks prior.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Expecting to be greeted a bit stand-offishly by the locals, I was surprised to be received in the opposite manner.
      • I behave pretty stand-offishly, and consequently nobody but you makes much of an effort to talk to me.
      • I asked if I could be upgraded and was stand-offishly told no.
      • I tend not to acknowledge them, or at most nod stand-offishly and not smile.
  • stand-offishness

  • nounstandˈɒfɪʃnəs
    informal
    • Other children sometimes mis-interpret your little Virgo's shyness as diffidence or stand-offishness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There was little evidence of the usual huffiness and stand-offishness we are normally greeted with.
      • He has not always been popular with his teammates and he has alienated the media by his stand-offishness.
      • It's not quite as interesting, because neither seems particularly comfortable with the commentary track format, especially Snipes, who is laid back to the point of stand-offishness.
      • Typical Edinburgh stand-offishness is being blamed for its failure.
 
 
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