| 单词 | standoffish |
| 释义 | standoffish (once / 66030 pages) adj Someone who's standoffish is aloof or unfriendly. When you first meet someone, she might seem standoffish when really she's just shy. A politician who appears standoffish will have more trouble getting elected than one who seems warm and likable. The adjective standoffish is a great informal word for describing people who are reserved or haughty or cold. Standoffish comes from a now obsolete meaning of the phrase stand off, "hold aloof." WORD FAMILYstandoffish: standoffishly, standoffishness+/standoff: standoffish, standoffs USAGE EXAMPLESHer standoffish husband, another philosophy-department academic, remains a question beyond the limits of her comprehension. Seattle Times(Dec 14, 2016) “Everyone in the house was a little standoffish at first when we told them,” Kim says. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) Sane Donald Trump would have looked at a dubious, anxious and therefore standoffish Republican establishment and not insulted them, diminished them, done tweetstorms against them. Wall Street Journal(Oct 20, 2016) adj lacking cordiality; unfriendly a standoffish manner Syn offish unapproachable discouraging intimacies; reserved |
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