Tom is kind of standoffish.
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Standoffish
//stænˈdɒf.ɪʃ//
Synonyms for "standoffish" (88 found)
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16 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- резервиран adj (unsociable)
- сдържан adj (unsociable)
Finnish
1 entries- kylmäkiskoinen adj (unsociable)
German
3 entries- hochnäsig adj (unsociable)
- reserviert adj (unsociable)
- spröde adj (unsociable)
Irish
2 entries- coimhthíoch adj (unsociable)
- doicheallach adj (unsociable)
Polish
1 entries- nietowarzyski adj (unsociable)
Spanish
4 entries- antisocial adj (unsociable)
- apartadizo adj (unsociable)
- arisco adj (unsociable)
- hosco adj (unsociable)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
When I look him, I see a standoffish man.
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I asked him for a walk to the pond, but he was standoffish to me and didn't accept it.
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Mary is kind of standoffish, isn't she?
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