Attention
Attention noun - A focusing of the mind on something.
Cold shoulder is an antonym for attention.
Nearby Words: attentive, attentively
Cold shoulder
Cold shoulder noun - Treatment that is deliberately unfriendly.
Both terms in one sentence
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Miyu dramatically demands her mother's attention in the first season only to continue getting the cold shoulder with a harsh response of "I see the man who left me in you".
- When the all the attention goes to his head and he starts giving Danielle the cold shoulder, Raven (who has been releasing rap albums since 1993 in real life) crashes his Valentines Day performance and lays into him with some genuinely clever battle raps.
Source: Battle Rapping
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