standoffish in English

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1. Socially, Dulong was often dismissed as a dry, standoffish individual.

2. Jealous cats often crave attention and are Clingier than a standoffish cat, and sometimes they can act out

3. Regarding their national characteristics, Europeans would depict Austrians as rather fair-haired, serious, standoffish, hardworking and lacking in any sense of humour

4. Bork presented his positions, controversial as they were on the substance, in a gruff and standoffish manner, lecturing rather than having a conversation

5. With the exception of the Plott Hound which can be standoffish with strangers, Coonhounds are known to be sweet, gentle, playful and sociable when not hunting.

6. Aloof adjective distant, cold, reserved, cool, formal, remote, forbidding, detached, indifferent, chilly, unfriendly, unsympathetic, uninterested, haughty, unresponsive, supercilious, unapproachable, unsociable, standoffish He seemed Aloof and detached