Stand-offish

Synonyms for "stand-offish" (88 found)

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Closest matches (18)

cold distant unapproachable above all that aloof antisocial backward bashful blank chill chilled chilly constrained cool detached

Adjective(3 words)

aloof cold cool

Strong matches (26)

discreet eremitic exclusive expressionless forbidding frigid frosty glacial guarded haughty highfalutin icy impassive impersonal inaccessible insociable introverted lordly misanthropic modest

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Adjective(5 words)

distant frosty hankty hard-to-get offish

Related words (44)

Adjective(1 words)

olympian pompous reclusive remote removed repressed reserved restrained reticent retiring seclusive self-contained shrinking snooty solitary standoff stiff subdued suppressed unaffable

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uncommunicative uncompanionable uncongenial undemonstrative unexpansive unfriendly ungenial unsociable unsocial withdrawn

Prep_phrase(1 words)

Adjective(12 words)

quiet remote reserved strange thorny touch-me-not-ish unapproachable unbending unconcerned undemonstrative unimpressionable uninvolved

Sample sentences

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How stand-offish you are!

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Tom is stand-offish.

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Sami was being super stand-offish.

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Sami was getting very stand-offish.

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