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cold-shoulder

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of cold-shoulder

to deliberately ignore or treat rudely

  • cold-shouldered by his old friends after his family had lost all of its money
Synonyms of cold-shoulder

cut, high-hat, slight, snub, stiff, stiff-arm
Words Related to cold-shoulder

isolate, ostracize

brush (aside or off), disdain, rebuff, reject, repel, repulse, scorn, spurn

disregard, forget, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, shrug off

cold shoulder

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cold shoulder

treatment that is deliberately unfriendly

  • at the party the two former friends consciously gave each other the cold shoulder
Synonyms of cold shoulder

brush-off, rebuff, repulse, silent treatment, snub
Words Related to cold shoulder

dismissal, kiss-off, rejection

banishment, blackball, ostracism
Near Antonyms of cold shoulder

acceptance, embrace, welcome

glad hand, welcome mat
Antonyms of cold shoulder

open arms

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