COLD SHOULDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cold shoulder mean? 

• COLD SHOULDER (noun)
  The noun COLD SHOULDER has 1 sense:

1. a refusal to recognize someone you know

  Familiarity information: COLD SHOULDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLD SHOULDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A refusal to recognize someone you know

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cold shoulder; cut; snub

Context example:

the snub was clearly intentional

Hypernyms ("cold shoulder" is a kind of...):

rebuff; slight (a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval))

Derivation:

cold-shoulder (pay no attention to, disrespect)