Cool
Cool adjective - Having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
Usage example: the schoolmaster's cool manner did not encourage chitchat
Offish is a synonym for cool in attitude topic. In some cases you can use "Offish" instead an adjective "Cool", when it comes to topics like aloof, stand-offish. informal substitute
Offish
Offish adjective - Having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
Usage example: she was consistently surly and offish with the would-be suitors who came calling
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- If he's married, his wife (and presumably their child) will help him out take care of the orphans — with different results, depending on who his lady is: Miriel is a bit stand-offish, both Lissa and Nowi become One of the Kids, Tharja is Tsundere to them, Sully is the local Cool Big Sis, etc.
Source: Orphanage of Love
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