Buttoned-up
Buttoned-up adjective - Having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
Usage example: a buttoned-up colleague who had no interest in talking about anything but work, even at parties
Cold-eyed and buttoned-up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cold-eyed" instead an adjective phrase "Buttoned-up".
Cold-eyed
Cold-eyed adjective - Having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
Usage example: the attendant's cold-eyed stare discouraged any thoughts about having a conversation
Buttoned-up and cold-eyed are semantically related. You can use "Buttoned-up" instead an adjective phrase "Cold-eyed".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dry and buttoned-up
- dry and cold-eyed
- reserved and buttoned-up
- reserved and cold-eyed
- cool and buttoned-up
- cool and cold-eyed
- distant and buttoned-up
- distant and cold-eyed
- aloof and buttoned-up
- aloof and cold-eyed
- remote and buttoned-up
- remote and cold-eyed
- detached and buttoned-up
- detached and cold-eyed
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Cold-eyed and Buttoned-up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buttoned-up/cold-eyed
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