different between standoffish vs grumpy
standoffish
English
Alternative forms
- stand-offish
Etymology
stand off +? -ish
Adjective
standoffish (comparative more standoffish, superlative most standoffish)
- Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, episode 16,
- His initial impression was that he was a bit standoffish or not over effusive.
- 1928, D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover, ch. 7,
- They were always a haughty family, standoffish in a way, as they've a right to be.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, episode 16,
Synonyms
- cold
- distant
Derived terms
- standoffishly
- standoffishness
Translations
See also
- standoff
- stand off
References
- “standoffish” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "standoffish" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
- “standoffish”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987–1996.
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grumpy
English
Etymology
grump +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????mpi/
Adjective
grumpy (comparative grumpier, superlative grumpiest)
- Dissatisfied and irritable.
- The old man was grumpy because he couldn’t find his glasses.
Synonyms
- cantankerous
- crabby
- cranky
- grouchy
- surly
- truculent
- See also Thesaurus:irritable
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