Meaning & use
cold shoulder
A deliberate display of unfriendliness or indifference toward someone.
See it in a sentence
After the argument, she gave him the cold shoulder for nearly a week.
He noticed his coworkers giving him the cold shoulder ever since he got the promotion.
A note on using this word
Cold shoulder is almost always used with the verb give, as in give someone the cold shoulder, describing intentional, silent rejection.
Words with a similar meaning
snubbrush-off
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