Cold shoulder
Cold shoulder noun - Treatment that is deliberately unfriendly.
Negative response and cold shoulder are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Negative response" instead a noun phrase "Cold shoulder".
Negative response
Cold shoulder and negative response are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cold shoulder" instead a noun phrase "Negative response".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- forbidding and cold shoulder
- forbidding and negative response
- declination and cold shoulder
- declination and negative response
- rejection and cold shoulder
- rejection and negative response
- snub and cold shoulder
- snub and negative response
- repulse and cold shoulder
- repulse and negative response
- rebuff and cold shoulder
- rebuff and negative response
- denial and cold shoulder
- denial and negative response
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Negative response and Cold shoulder. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cold_shoulder/negative_response
Cold shoulder & Negative response. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cold_shoulder/negative_response>.
Negative response or Cold shoulder. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cold_shoulder/negative_response.
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