Thesaurus / cold-shoulder
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Ignoring them may be the best solution, but some might take your cold shoulder as coals for their fire, making matters even worse.
DREADING FAMILY TIME OVER THE HOLIDAYS? THESE 6 TIPS WILL HELP.SANDRA GUTIERREZ G.NOVEMBER 23, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEAfter giving a cold shoulder to cryptocurrencies for years, India’s central bank is finally set to launch its own digital currency, and investors in the country have a reason to cheer.
INDIAN CENTRAL BANK’S DIGITAL RUPEE COULD PAVE THE WAY AHEAD FOR COUNTRY’S CRYPTO ECOSYSTEMMIMANSA VERMAJULY 26, 2021QUARTZFor almost 30 years, NASA has given Venus the cold shoulder.
NASA IS ENDING ITS 30-YEAR VENUS DROUGHT WITH TWO NEW MISSIONSNEEL V. PATELJUNE 2, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWShe was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINMadame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIBeing quieted by the Captain with a draught of cold tea, and made to sit down, the examination of the book proceeded.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEWhen alone she sometimes picked it up and kissed the cold glass passionately.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINI only saw the glitter of a bayonet which a Mexican thrust into his shoulder, at the very moment he was helping me up.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSSuch throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUSTurn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO COLD-SHOULDER
- avoid
- be oblivious to
- blink
- brush off
- bury one's head in sand
- cold-shoulder
- discount
- disdain
- evade
- fail
- forget
- let it go
- look the other way
- neglect
- omit
- overlook
- overpass
- pass over
- pay no attention to
- pay no mind
- pooh-pooh
- reject
- scorn
- shut eyes to
- slight
- take no notice
- tune out
- turn back on
- turn blind eye
- turn deaf ear
- wink
- aloof
- assuming
- audacious
- autocratic
- biggety
- boastful
- bossy
- bragging
- cavalier
- cheeky
- cocky
- cold-shoulder
- conceited
- contemptuous
- cool
- disdainful
- dismissive
- domineering
- egotistic
- egotistical
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- imperious
- insolent
- know-it-all
- lofty
- lordly
- narcissistic
- on an ego trip
- on one's high horse
- overbearing
- overweening
- peremptory
- pompous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- puffed up
- scornful
- self-important
- self-satisfied
- smug
- sniffy
- snippy
- snobbish
- snooty
- snotty
- stuck-up
- supercilious
- superior
- swaggering
- uppity
- vain
- vainglorious
- beat off
- brush off
- check
- chide
- cold-shoulder
- cross
- cut
- decline
- deny
- disallow
- discourage
- dismiss
- disregard
- fend off
- hold off
- ignore
- keep at a distance
- keep at arm's length
- keep at bay
- lash out at
- neglect
- not hear of
- oppose
- pass up
- push back
- put in one's place
- put off
- rebuke
- refuse
- reject
- repel
- reprove
- repudiate
- repulse
- resist
- send away
- slight
- snub
- spurn
- stave off
- tell off
- turn down
- ward off
- bilk
- cold-shoulder
- cut
- decline
- despise
- disdain
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- get around
- give a wide berth
- give the runaround
- have no part of
- have nothing to do with
- hide out
- keep away from
- keep clear of
- neglect
- palm off
- pass up
- refuse
- reject
- scorn
- shake
- shake off
- shy
- snub
- stall
- stand aloof from
- stay shy of
- steer clear of
- turn back on
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