silent treatments

plural of silent treatment
as in dismissals
treatment that is deliberately unfriendly ever since our run-in at the party she's been giving me the silent treatment

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for silent treatments
Noun
  • Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya have challenged their dismissals as unlawful.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Former agency employees doubted the administration’s claim that some dismissals were caused by coding errors.
    Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These rules were administered via cold shoulders and whispers.
    Alessandra Schade, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
  • My first issue, in January, launched Nan Goldin’s campaign against the Sackler family for their role in the opioid epidemic, and this action has inspired cold shoulders from the philanthropic class.
    David Velasco, Harpers Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Silent treatments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silent%20treatments. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!