Definition of Cold shoulder

1. Noun. A refusal to recognize someone you know. "The snub was clearly intentional"

Exact synonyms: Cut, Snub
Generic synonyms: Rebuff, Slight
Derivative terms: Cold-shoulder, Snub

Definition of Cold shoulder

1. Noun. (idiomatic) A deliberate act of disrespect; a slight or snub ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cold Shoulder

cold one
cold open
cold opens
cold pack
cold pressed
cold pressor test
cold processed
cold read
cold reading
cold readings
cold roll
cold rubber
cold sell
cold sensitive enzyme
cold short
cold shoulder
cold shoulders
cold sleep
cold smoking
cold snap
cold snaps
cold sober
cold sores
cold spell
cold spleen lesion
cold spot
cold spots
cold stage
cold steel

Literary usage of Cold shoulder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1908)
"... Preference—Imperial Coastwise Trade—Naval Defence—Penny Post—The Colonies and the "cold shoulder"—Mr. Balfour at the Primrose League Demonstration—The ..."

2. Friendship Village Love Stories by Zona Gale (1909)
"IX THE cold shoulder THERE is something more about Mrs. Oliver Wheeler Johnson. Did you ever look through an old school-book of your own and, say, ..."

3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"cold shoulder. To GIVE, SHOW, ОГ TURN THE cold shoulder, verbal phr. (colloquial). ... She GAVE HIM THE cold shoulder, and quickly told him to depart. ..."

4. Full Proof of the Ministry: A Sequel to The Boy who was Trained Up to be a by John Nicholas Norton (1855)
"cold shoulder. — Ven geance.— Training for Confirmation. — Holding by the Button.— How many arc to be confirmed. NOTHING has, thus far, been said in regard ..."

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