cold-shoulderverb [ T ]
uk/ˌkəʊldˈʃəʊl.dər/us/ˌkoʊldˈʃoʊl.dɚ/to deliberately ignore someone in an unfriendly way:
He found himself being cold-shouldered by his former colleagues.
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Not being friendly
- (at) daggers drawn idiom
- abrasive
- aloof
- antisocial
- asocial
- austere
- estranged
- forbidding
- frostily
- give sb the time of day idiom
- hostile
- impersonal
- mixer
- saturnine
- sour
- unwelcoming
- wintry
- with friends like you, who needs enemies? idiom
- withdraw
- withdrawal
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Neglecting and ignoring