standoffishinformaldisapproving
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples not liking or being pleasant towards others
unfriendlyThe crowd was unfriendly and dangerous.
coolShe was very cool towards his new wife.
coldShe's a cold, heartless woman.
icyHe gave me an icy stare.
glacialHer reception of him was glacial.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Not being friendly
abrasive
abrasively
abrasiveness
abruptly
abruptness
aloof
estrangement
estrangement from someone
flintily
forbidding
forbiddingly
frigid
gruff
offhandedness
remote
remoteness
reserved
reservedly
saturnine
wintry
Examples of offish
offish
Populations
offish, arthropods, mammals, their parasites and the parasites of those parasites evacuate their habitats and resettle elsewhere.
Mean abundance of plerocercoids/age class
offish increases significantly from spring to fall, as well as with age.
The numbers
offish surviving a t each sampling point were recorded.
Numbers refer to the number
offish (where known).
The question
offish farming is vital.
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