aloof
21aloof — UK [əˈluːf] / US [əˈluf] adjective someone who is aloof, or who remains or stays aloof from something, is not friendly or does not want to be involved in something Derived word: aloofness noun uncountable …
22aloof — a•loof [[t]əˈluf[/t]] adj. 1) reserved or reticent; indifferent: to have the reputation of being aloof[/ex] 2) at a distance, esp. in feeling or interest; apart: to stand aloof from one s classmates[/ex] • Etymology: 1525–35; a I+loof luff… …
23aloof — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. distant, unneighborly, reserved, remote; indifferent. See seclusion, indifference, affectation. Ant., open, friendly. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. remote, reserved, distant, detached, unapproachable …
24aloof — [16] Aloof was originally a nautical term, a command to steer to windward. Its second syllable is a variant of luff ‘sail closer to the wind’ [13]. This was borrowed from Old French lof, ‘windward side of a ship’, which may itself have been, like …
25aloof — adjective part of their strategy is to remain aloof during the first stages of negotiation Syn: distant, detached, unfriendly, antisocial, unsociable, remote, unapproachable, formal, stiff, withdrawn, reserved, unforthcoming, uncommunicative,… …
26aloof — /əˈluf / (say uh loohf) adverb 1. at a distance, but within view; withdrawn: to stand aloof. –adjective 2. reserved; unsympathetic; disinterested. {a 1 + loof luff, windward} –aloofly, adverb –aloofness, noun …
27aloof — [16] Aloof was originally a nautical term, a command to steer to windward. Its second syllable is a variant of luff ‘sail closer to the wind’ [13]. This was borrowed from Old French lof, ‘windward side of a ship’, which may itself have been, like …
28aloof — adj. & adv. adj. distant, unsympathetic. adv. away, apart (he kept aloof from his colleagues). Derivatives: aloofly adv. aloofness n. Etymology: orig. Naut., f. A(2) + LUFF …
29aloof — Synonyms and related words: Laodicean, Olympian, above, above all that, abovestairs, airward, alienated, aloft, alone, antisocial, apart, apathetic, arrogant, at a distance, away, backward, bashful, benumbed, blah, blank, blase, bored, broken,… …
30aloof — a·loof || É™ luËf adj. standoffish, unfriendly, distant, reserved, indifferent adv. at a distance; in a withdrawn manner …
