stiff–arm

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of STIFF-ARM

to deliberately ignore or treat rudely <in his sad and lonely old age, he stiff-armed even once-beloved friends>

Synonyms cold-shoulder, cut, high-hat, slight, stiff, stiff-arm

Related Words isolate, ostracize; brush (aside or off), disdain, rebuff, reject, repel, repulse, scorn, spurn; disregard, forget, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, shrug off

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