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cold-shouldered

cold-shouldered is the simple past and past participle of cold-shoulder.

Meaning of cold-shoulder

Verb

cold-shoulder (third-person singular simple present cold-shoulders, present participle cold-shouldering, simple past and past participle cold-shouldered)

  1. (transitive) To disrespect (someone), especially by ignoring them; to slight, to snub.
    • Perhaps I want to get even with some of the people who cold-shouldered me last year—put it that way if it sounds better.1905, Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC

Questions about cold-shouldered

What is cold-shouldered the simple past and past participle of?
Cold-shouldered is the simple past and past participle of cold-shoulder.

Words near cold-shouldered in the dictionary

  1. cold-presses
  2. cold-pressing
  3. cold-sensitive
  4. cold-short
  5. cold-shoulder
  6. cold-shouldered
  7. cold-shouldering
  8. cold-shoulders
  9. cold-shut
  10. cold-shuts
  11. cold-smoked salmon

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