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cold shouldered

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

Meaning of cold shoulder

Noun

cold shoulder (plural cold shoulders)

  1. (idiomatic) A deliberate act of disrespect; a slight or snub.
    • Winterbourne wondered how she felt about all the cold shoulders that were turned toward her, and sometimes it annoyed him to suspect that she did not feel at all.1879, Henry James, Daisy Miller, London: Harper & Brothers

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 shoes
  2. cold short
  3. cold shoulder
  4. cold shoulder sleeve
  5. cold shoulder sleeves
  6. cold shouldered
  7. cold shouldering
  8. cold shoulders
  9. cold shower
  10. cold showers
  11. cold shut

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