"cold shoulder" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-cold shoulder.ogg Forms: cold shoulders [plural]
Etymology: Possibly coined by Sir Walter Scott in 1816, from give someone the cold shoulder. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cold shoulder (plural cold shoulders)
  1. (idiomatic) A deliberate act of disrespect; a slight or snub. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: give someone the cold shoulder Translations (a slight or snub): хладен прием (hladen priem) [masculine] (Bulgarian), repulsa [feminine] (Latin), холо́дный приём (xolódnyj prijóm) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cold_shoulder-en-noun-bgXYk-7s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cold-shoulder, coldshoulder

Verb

Audio: en-au-cold shoulder.ogg Forms: cold shoulders [present, singular, third-person], cold shouldering [participle, present], cold shouldered [participle, past], cold shouldered [past]
Etymology: Possibly coined by Sir Walter Scott in 1816, from give someone the cold shoulder. Head templates: {{en-verb}} cold shoulder (third-person singular simple present cold shoulders, present participle cold shouldering, simple past and past participle cold shouldered)
  1. (idiomatic) To deliberately slight or snub someone. Tags: idiomatic Translations (slight or snub someone): 不理不睬 (bùlǐbùcǎi) (Chinese Mandarin), 冷落 (lěngluò) (Chinese Mandarin), 冷淡 (lěngdàn) (Chinese Mandarin), kohdella kylmästi (Finnish), kalte Schulter [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-cold_shoulder-en-verb-sOImgocX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cold-shoulder, coldshoulder

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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