Stand Offish

Word STAND OFFISH
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Definitions and meanings of "Stand Offish"

What do we mean by stand offish?

Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly.

Someone who only speaks to people in one word answers and is not able to have longer than a 20 second conversation. Urban Dictionary

When a couple is at a club, or in a public place, and are obviously avoiding each other, wether they know it or not. Another example is, When boy friend & girl friend don't talk to each other at school, or make other people believe they aren't even going out. Urban Dictionary

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The word "stand-offish" in example sentences

Given his reputation, I was expecting him to be a bit stand-offish, but nothing could have been further from the truth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Maura in the books is dark-haired, intense, and stand-offish. ❋ Susan Fogwell (2010)

When I got back to pick her up they were eating lunch and she was a bit stand-offish with me at first. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When I first started out writing for Goodlife ZEN, my writing was quite stand-offish. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sometimes you may be forgiven for thinking that New Yorkers of any stripe can be cold, aloof, and stand-offish, and never more so than whilst strutting their stuff in a Chelsea leather bar, where the stakes are rather higher, at least as far as maintaining the masculinity credentials is concerned, than the opening of an art exhibition, or a midtown book party. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the act of relief, the prime minister called out: “Feeling stand-offish today, Winston?” ❋ Unknown (2010)

And one builds a family by being welcoming and approachable, not mysterious or stand-offish. ❋ Michael Kaiser (2011)

This new lot — mainly from Central America/not Mexico, is very stand-offish. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ah, there, those stand-offish words will hear about the awards and want to return to the writing fold. ❋ Ellen_datlow (2010)

Since then, every American girl in Paris dreams of donning Jean Seberg's pixie haircut and stand-offish manner in hopes of luring a thuggishly handsome Frenchman like Jean Paul Belmondo's Michel, after only five (according to him), or three (according to her) nights of passion, who would then ask her to go on the lam to Rome with him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

'A bunch of sanctimonious, stand-offish jungle-smurfs who spend their days running around in thongs, attacking explorers, interfering with sky-horses, and obstinately halting the march of progress for the sake of a poxy tree'? ❋ Phil Daoust (2010)

Yeah, he did seem a bit stand-offish, now you mention it. ❋ Matt Haig (2010)

The male was less stand-offish than the female and a bit of a show-off. ❋ Unknown (2008)

[fredrick] aka [humpty dumpty] is very stand offish and needs to stay away from [the sugar]. ❋ Caseee (2006)

"[oh wow] look jimmy is acting so [stand offish] towards [jenn], it's like they don't even like each other." ❋ Emma Smith (2006)

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