aloofness
aloofness noun: the state of being aloof.
Noun
aloofness (usually uncountable, plural aloofnesses)
- The state of being aloof.
- She wouldn't lose him without a struggle: his aloofness and indifference set a challenge which she could not resist.1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 49
- Where was he now? Nick was still in the alien high reach of the road, with the canal and the council estates, and longing for the other end, his own end, the safety and aloofness of white stucco and private gardens.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 6, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
aloofness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
aloofness in Hindi
- aloofness
- अलगाव algāv
aloofness in Tamil
- தனிமை, அலாக்கு, ஒட்டின்மை
aloofness in Urdu
- تخلیہ
aloofness in Kannada
- ದೂರವಾಗಿರುವಿಕೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- aloofness in Punjabi
- ਅਲਹਿਦਗੀ alahidgī
Forms of aloofness
| plural | aloofnesses |
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Origin of aloofness
From aloof + -ness.
Questions about aloofness
- What does aloofness mean?
- Aloofness means the state of being aloof.
- What is aloofness in Hindi?
- Aloofness in Hindi is अलगाव (algāv). See Aloofness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is aloofness?
- Aloofness is a noun.
- What is the plural of aloofness?
- The plural of aloofness is aloofnesses.
Words near aloofness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: aloofness (page history and authors); अलगाव (Hindi) (page history and authors); aloofness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aloofness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aloofness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਲਹਿਦਗੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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