cold shoulder
noun
Definition of cold shoulder
: intentionally cold or unsympathetic treatment got the cold shoulder from an old friend
cold–shoulder
transitive verbFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of cold shoulder in a sentence
at the party the two former friends consciously gave each other the cold shoulder
1816
First Known Use of cold shoulder
1816
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