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stiff-arming

verb , present participle of stiff-arm

Synonyms and Antonyms of stiff-arming

to deliberately ignore or treat rudely

in his sad and lonely old age, he stiff-armed even once-beloved friends

Synonyms of stiff-arming

cold-shouldering, cutting, high-hatting, slighting, snubbing, stiffing

Words Related to stiff-arming

isolating, ostracizing

brushing (aside or off), disdaining, rebuffing, rejecting, repelling, repulsing, scorning, spurning

disregarding, forgetting, neglecting, overlooking, overpassing, passing over, shrugging off

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