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cold shoulders

cold shoulders is the plural of cold shoulder.

cold shoulders is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 shoulders

What is cold shoulders the plural of?
Cold shoulders is the plural of cold shoulder.

Words near cold shoulders in the dictionary

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

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