STANDOFFISHNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does standoffishness mean? 

• STANDOFFISHNESS (noun)
  The noun STANDOFFISHNESS has 1 sense:

1. a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner

  Familiarity information: STANDOFFISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STANDOFFISHNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

aloofness; remoteness; standoffishness; withdrawnness

Hypernyms ("standoffishness" is a kind of...):

unsociability; unsociableness (an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "standoffishness"):

unapproachability (a disposition to be unapproachable; unfriendly and inaccessible)

Derivation:

standoffish (lacking cordiality; unfriendly)