All cold-shoulder synonyms
cold-shoulΒ·der
C c verb cold-shoulder
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- banish β If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.
- pass up β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- omit β to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- disobey β Fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority).
- overlook β to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- forget β to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- blackball β If the members of a club blackball someone, they vote against that person being allowed to join their club.
- blacklist β If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.
- shun β to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- shy β bashful; retiring.
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- shake β to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- double β twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- bilk β To bilk someone out of something, especially money, means to cheat them out of it.
- stall β a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
- duck β any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- ditch β a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- disparage β to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
- disdain β to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- despise β If you despise something or someone, you dislike them and have a very low opinion of them.
- contemn β to treat or regard with contempt; scorn
- overpass β a road, pedestrian walkway, railroad, bridge, etc., crossing over some barrier, as another road or walkway.
- discount β to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
adj cold-shoulder
- arrogant β Someone who is arrogant behaves in a proud, unpleasant way towards other people because they believe that they are more important than others.
- haughty β disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- presumptuous β full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
- imperious β domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- pretentious β characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- aloof β Someone who is aloof is not very friendly and does not like to spend time with other people.
- cocky β Someone who is cocky is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.
- cavalier β If you describe a person or their behaviour as cavalier, you are criticizing them because you think that they do not consider other people's feelings or take account of the seriousness of a situation.
- smug β contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
- vain β excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- pompous β characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
- bossy β If you describe someone as bossy, you mean that they enjoy telling people what to do.
- derisive β A derisive noise, expression, or remark expresses contempt.
- insulting β giving or causing insult; characterized by affronting rudeness, insolence, etc.
- disrespectful β characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- condescending β If you say that someone is condescending, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they talk or behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people.
- forbidding β grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister: his forbidding countenance.
- chilly β Something that is chilly is unpleasantly cold.
- icy β made of, full of, or covered with ice: icy roads.
- cold β Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable.
- frosty β characterized by or producing frost; freezing; very cold: frosty weather.