standoffishness
noun[U]
informal disapprovinguk/ˌstændˈɒf.ɪʃ.nəs/us/ˌstændˈɑː.fɪʃ.nəs/a way ofbehavingthat isslightlyunfriendlyand tooformal:
冷漠;疏远What somepeoplethinkis standoffishness is really justshyness.有些人看起来冷漠,其实他们只是害羞。
He never said anythingcritical, but there was a standoffishness in hisbehaviour.他从不说任何批评的话,但他的举止却带着一种疏离感。
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standoffish
- Hisfansdon'tmindhis standoffishness.
- Williams has therightcombinationof standoffishness andwarmth.
- If we don'texpressthe things thatworryusourbodylanguagecouldlooklike standoffishness orcoldness.
Not being friendly
- abrasive
- abrasively
- abrasiveness
- abruptly
- abruptness
- antagonism
- antagonistic
- coolness
- dourness
- estrange
- estranged
- estrangement
- forbidding
- prickly
- sourly
- sourness
- standoffish
- standoffishly
- sullen
- surly