HOLD ALOOF

  

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HOLD ALOOF

Synonyms within Context: HOLD ALOOF

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Absence

Verb: be absent; Adjective: keep away, keep out of the way; play truant, absent oneself, stay away; keep aloof, hold aloof.

Avoidance

Eschew, keep from, let alone, have nothing to do with; keep aloof keep off, stand aloof, stand off, hold aloof, hold off; take no part in, have no hand in.

Incredulity

Verb: be incredulous; Adjective: distrust; (disbelieve); refuse to believe; shut one's eyes to, shut one's ears to; turn a deaf ear to; hold aloof, ignore, nullis jurare in verba magistri.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Translation: HOLD ALOOF

Language Translations for "HOLD ALOOF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

távol tartja magát (absent oneself, fight shy of, keep off, stand aside, to hold aloof, to keep aloof), elzárkózik (keep aloof, to hold aloof, to immure oneself, to keep aloof, to seclude oneself). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oldhay aloofay

   

Romanian

  

se ţine la distanţã (keep aloof, keep away, keep one's distance, stand aloof, stand off). (various references)

   

Thai

  

แยกตัว (keep apart, seclude). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: HOLD ALOOF

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-f-h-l-l-o-o-o"

-3 letters: halloo, holloa, holloo, loofah.

-4 letters: ahold, aldol, allod, aloof, flood, hallo, holla, hollo, loofa.

-5 letters: dahl, dhal, doll, fado, fall, foal, fold, food, fool, half, hall, halo, hold, hood, hoof, load, loaf, loof, olla.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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