unapproachableadjective
uk/ˌʌn.əˈprəʊ.tʃə.bəl/us/ˌʌn.əˈproʊ.tʃə.bəl/Someone who is unapproachable seems unfriendly or a little frightening, so that other people are less likely to speak to them:
As a boss I found him rather unapproachable.
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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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