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cold shoulder

noun 1
cold-shoulder verb 1
forms 6

noun1

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A deliberate act of disrespect; a slight or snub.
- Winterbourne wondered how she felt about all the cold shoulders that were turned toward her, and sometimes it annoyed him to suspect that she did not feel at all. — 1879

cold-shoulder verb1

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To disrespect (someone), especially by ignoring them; to slight, to snub.
- Perhaps I want to get even with some of the people who cold-shouldered me last year—put it that way if it sounds better. — 1905

forms

cold shouldered · cold-shouldered · cold shouldering · cold-shouldering · cold shoulders · cold-shoulders

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