shouldernoun
She complained last week of getting a cold shoulder from 10 Downing Street.
While some organizations have got the cold shoulder, others feel they have finally been recognized.
He is convinced he got the cold shoulder because of the colour of his skin.
The young entrepreneur got the cold shoulder from the business establishment.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Neglecting and ignoring
aside
beneath the/someone's radaridiom
block something out
brush someone/something off
bury/have your head in the sandidiom
ear
lay
let sleeping dogs lieidiom
look straight/right through someoneidiom
lose the dressing roomidiom
lost
lost in the shuffleidiom
nose
slightingly
snub
someone's back is turnedidiom
step
step on someone
stiff-arm
wink
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Refusing & rejecting
Not being friendly