standoffish

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standoffish

/stænˈdɒf.ɪʃ/ UK
/stænˈdɔː.fɪʃ/ UK
/stænˈdɔ.fɪʃ/ US
/stænˈdɑ.fɪʃ/ cot caught merger
[steənˈdɑ.fɪʃ]

adjective more standoffish · most standoffish · stand-offish

Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly. He was stand-offish with the other agents. They on their side said he was the manager’s spy upon them.
Similar: cold, distant, aloof, cool, frosty, hankty, hard-to-get, offish, quiet, remote, standoffish, strange

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adj unsociable

Español	huraño, huraña, antisocial, arisco, hosco, hurón
Deutsch	reserviert, spröde, hochnäsig

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@misc{standoffish_2026,
  title = {standoffish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/standoffish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}