cold-shoulders
cold-shoulders is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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)
- 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-shoulders
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- Cold-shoulders is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cold-shoulder.
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