Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cold shoulder

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: cold shoul-der
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A deliberate act of disrespect; a slight or snub.

verb

Alternative form of cold-shoulder.

Example Sentences

"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."
"I went meekly aboard a few of the boats that lay packed together like sardines at the long St. Louis wharf, and very humbly inquired for the pilots, but got only a cold shoulder and short words from mates and clerks."

Etymology

See give someone the cold shoulder.

Inflected Forms

cold shoulders (plural) cold-shoulder (alternative) coldshoulder (alternative) cold shoulders (present, singular) cold shouldering (participle, present) cold shouldered (participle, past) cold shouldered (past)

Phrases

give someone the cold shoulder

Frequently Paired Words

give someone the cold shoulder

Synonyms

snub cut

Questions

What does cold shoulder mean?: A deliberate act of disrespect; a slight or snub.
Where does cold shoulder come from?: See give someone the cold shoulder.

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