Meaning & use
shrugging
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Raising the shoulders briefly to express indifference, doubt, or lack of interest.
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She answered the question while shrugging, clearly unbothered by the outcome.
He kept shrugging off every warning his friends gave him.
A note on using this word
Often paired with 'off,' as in 'shrugging off criticism,' meaning to dismiss it as unimportant.
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shoulder-raising
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