COLD-SHOULDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cold-shoulder mean? 

• COLD-SHOULDER (verb)
  The verb COLD-SHOULDER has 1 sense:

1. pay no attention to, disrespect

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLD-SHOULDER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pay no attention to, disrespect

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

cold-shoulder; slight

Context example:

She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance

Hypernyms (to "cold-shoulder" is one way to...):

brush aside; brush off; discount; dismiss; disregard; ignore; push aside (bar from attention or consideration)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

cold shoulder (a refusal to recognize someone you know)