stiff-arm
1 of 2verb
ˈstif-ˌärm 
stiff-armed; stiff-arming; stiff-arms
intransitive verb
: straight-arm
transitive verb
1
: straight-arm
2
: to treat with disdain or neglect : slight, snub
stiff-arm
2 of 2noun
: straight-arm
Synonyms
Verb
- cold-shoulder
- cut
- high-hat
- slight
- snub
- stiff
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Word History
First Known Use
Verb
1909, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Noun
1927, in the meaning defined above
stiff-arm
verb
as in to isolate
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely in his sad and lonely old age, he stiff-armed even once-beloved friends Synonyms & Similar Words
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- isolate
- stiff
- snub
- reject
- repulse
- cold-shoulder
- repel
- cut
- high-hat
- slight
- rebuff
- ostracize
- spurn
- disdain
- neglect
- forget
- scorn
- overlook
- disregard
- pass over
- overpass
- brush (aside or off)
- shrug off
- automobilists
- automobilities
- automobility
- automolite
- automorphic
- automorphic-granular
- automorphism
- automorphisms
- automotive
- autonarcosis
- autonavigators
- autonoesis
- autonoetic
- autonomic
- autonomic nervous system
- autonomic system
- autonomically
- autonomics
- autonomies
- autonomisation
- autonomise
- autonomism
- autonomist
- autonomists
- autonomization