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Definition: Cold Shoulder |
Cold ShoulderNoun1. A refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Cold Shoulder To show or give one the cold shoulder is to assume a distant manner towards a person, to indicate that you wish to cut his acquaintance. The reference is to a cold shoulder of mutton served to a stranger at dinner; there is not much of it, and even what is left is but moderate fare. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: Cold ShoulderSynonyms: cut (n), snub (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contempt | Turn one's back upon, turn a cold shoulder upon; tread upon, trample upon, trample under foot; spurn, kick; fling to the winds; (repudiate); send away with a flea in the ear. |
Discourtesy | Cut; turn one's back upon, turn on one's heel; give the cold shoulder; keep at a distance, keep at arm's length; look cool upon, look coldly upon, look black upon; show the door to, send away with a flea in the ear. |
Recession | Keep at arm's length, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder; send off, send away with a flea in one's ear. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | The girl who gave him the cold shoulder / John Held, Jr. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Expressions using "cold shoulder": give a cold shoulder to ♦ give smb. the cold shoulder ♦ give the cold shoulder ♦ give the cold shoulder to smb. ♦ tip smb. the cold shoulder ♦ To give one the cold shoulder ♦ To turn a cold shoulder to ♦ turn a cold shoulder to. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "cold shoulder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rri ftohtë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хладен прием, оказвам хладен прием на, пренебрежително отношение (disparagement), игнорирам (blink, cushion, ignore, overlook, set aside). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přezíravost (disdain), ignorovat (brush off, ignore, ostracize, snub). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αδιαφορία (detachment, disinterest, indifference, listlessness, negligence, nonchalance, regardlessness, unconcern), ψυχρότησ (chillines, coldness, coolness, gelidity, iciness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lekezel (condescend, make little of, to condescend), kurtán bánik valakivel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | freddezza (coldness, coolness, frigidness, gelidity, stiffness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 振られる (to be jilted, to be rejected, to give someone the cold shoulder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふられる (to be jilted, to be rejected, to give someone the cold shoulder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dooney sooillyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oldcay ouldershay indiferença (aloofness, apathy, callousness, coldness, coolness, detachment, disinterest, easiness, estrangement, frigidity, insensibility, insouciance, listlessness, lukewarmness, nonchalance, stand-off, unconcern). (various references) tratare cu rãcealã, primire rece (cool reception). (various references) холодный прием (cold greeting, icy welcome), оказывать холодный прием (cold-shoulder). (various references) dočekati nekoga neprijateljski. (various references) persona que trata con frialdad, dar la espalda a (stand with one's back to). (various references) möta kallt. (various references) третирувати (slight, stepmother, walk over), виявляти байдужість, зневажати (невимушенІсть [f], desecrate, despise, disdain, disregard, ignore, misprise, misprize, neglect, overlook, override, scorn, scout, spit, violate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-d-e-h-l-l-o-o-r-s-u" | |
-3 letters: coholders, colluders, decolours, dollhouse. | |
-4 letters: chlorous, chorused, chudders, closured, coddlers, coholder, colluded, colluder, colludes, coloreds, coloured, cuddlers, decolors, decolour, decorous, doodlers, huddlers, ocherous, ochreous, reschool, schooled, scrolled, shoulder, shrouded, slouched, sloucher. | |
-5 letters: cholers, chooser, chorded, choused, chouser, chudder, closure, clouded, cloured, codders, coddler, coddles, collude, colored, colours, colures, coolers, coursed, creosol, crushed, cuddler. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 6C 64      53 68 6F 75 6C 64 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01101100 01100100 00100000 01010011 01101000 01101111 01110101 01101100 01100100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o l d   S h o u l d e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 006C 0064      0053 0068 006F 0075 006C 0064 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3781787025374818778707184 |
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