impersonaladjective
uk/ɪmˈpɜː.sən.əl/us/ɪmˈpɝː.sən.əl/disapprovingC1 without human warmth; not friendly and without features that make people feel interested or involved:
She has a very cold and impersonal manner.
Hospitals always seem so impersonal - rows of identical beds in dull grey rooms.
not referring to people or a particular person by name:
He always tried to keep the discussions impersonal so that no one would be offended.
specialized language An impersonal verb or sentence has the subject "it" and does not refer to a particular person or thing, as in the sentence It's cold outside.
not existing as a person:
Some religions favour the idea of an impersonal god.
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Not being friendly
- (at) daggers drawn idiom
- abrasive
- aloof
- antisocial
- asocial
- austere
- estrange
- estranged
- forbidding
- frostily
- give sb the time of day idiom
- hostile
- mixer
- saturnine
- sour
- unwelcoming
- wintry
- with friends like you, who needs enemies? idiom
- withdraw
- withdrawal
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