Offish
Offish adjective - Having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
Particular and offish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Particular" instead an adjective "Offish".
Particular
Particular adjective - Hard to please.
Offish and particular are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Offish" instead an adjective "Particular".
Both words in one sentence
- Beorn shows dislike (though tolerating them) for dwarves, but that can very easily be read as him being stand-offish and not liking strangers in general rather than any disdain for dwarves in particular.
Source: Fantastic Racism / Literature
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