STAND-OFFISH


Meaning of STAND-OFFISH in English

also standoffish

If you say that someone is stand-offish , you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.

He can be quite stand-offish and rude, even to his friends.

= aloof

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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