offish

Adjective

offish (comparative more offish, superlative most offish)

1. (informal) Aloof, standoffish.
   • The English, he was perfectly aware, had been held by the American to be offish and haughty, and the American had stiffened itself to show that, since the question was of turning an unconscious back, the game was playable wherever backs were broad enough to show....1917, Henry James, The Sense of the Past
   • Called "The Patron Saint of Swag," the self-anointed "most-confirmed bachelor" in Nigeria, he made his fortune in cryptocurrency. Now the offish nouveau riche Q spends his nights wasting his cash.2021 October 8, Robert Daniels, “Stream These 5 Action Films Now”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2022

   Synonyms:

   remote, reserved, aloof, cool, distant, frosty, hankty, hard-to-get, quiet, standoffish