standoffish
IPA: stˈændɔfɪʃ
adjective
- Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly.
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Examples of "standoffish" in Sentences
- Carl Lee is surprised and standoffish.
- He seems poorly trained and standoffish.
- Also, forgive me if I seem to standoffish.
- The current notice seems somewhat standoffish.
- If I came off as standoffish or terse, I apologize.
- Sometimes, it's a prickly and standoffish group hug.
- At first Sadie was standoffish to the PixelVision camera.
- You shouldn't be so standoffish and ready to point fingers.
- Charlie, at first rude, is now attracted to her, but Sophie is standoffish.
- Giles is supposed to be outwardly reserved, not really cold and standoffish.
- He may seem a bit standoffish, which is likely just his natural reserved personality.
- I have not been very reliable with meme's in recent months....almost to the point of being rude and 'standoffish'.
- “And I’m not going to be like ‘I don’t like Kate… But, I mean, she’s pretty, you know, standoffish, which is kind of weird.”
- The characterization of private enterprise as 'standoffish' by a former government insider, whose focus was not cyber, highlights the heart of the problem.
- I had met her once briefly (like literally a 3 minute conversation – I only remembered her because the piercing blue eyes/dark hair combo is pretty unusual) at a bar on the waterfront and she struck me as kind of standoffish and stuck up.
- But it was not until August 6, when Britain's International Television News (ITN) broadcast the first television pictures from the camps, that President Bush found himself forced to defend his "standoffish" policy toward the former Yugoslavia.