standoffish

== English == === Alternative forms === stand-offish === Etymology === From stand off + -ish. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stænˈdɒf.ɪʃ/ (Conservative RP) IPA(key): /stænˈdɔː.fɪʃ/ (General American) enPR: ŏf, IPA(key): /stænˈdɔ.fɪʃ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /stænˈdɑ.fɪʃ/ (æ-raising, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): [steənˈdɑ.fɪʃ] === Adjective === standoffish (comparative more standoffish, superlative most standoffish) Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly. Synonyms: cold, distant; see also Thesaurus:aloof ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== standoff stand off === References === “standoffish”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. "standoffish" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) “standoffish”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989) Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987–1996.