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Standoffish 

Where one person seems to be a little distant and uncaring another person or thing is there; noninteracting.
She seemed very standoffish even when I was up in her face.
Standoffish by Sam E. Potter April 20, 2008

standoffish 

adj., meaning aloof or reserved.
"He is a nice guy but so standoffish, he never talks about himself."
standoffish by Vinicius July 26, 2007

stand offish 

someone who only speaks to people in one word answers and is not able to have longer than a 20 second conversation.
fredrick aka humpty dumpty is very stand offish and needs to stay away from the sugar.
stand offish by caseee August 29, 2006

Standoffish 

Unpleasant, usually for no good reason.
Someone that wasn't friendly with Louis XIII would always bark about/threaten with beatdown this or reserving the right to beat his ass that, always getting standoffish with him if they even thought he was going to do something they didn't like whether he had done it yet or hadn't (which doing something somebody doesn't like should give someone else the right to kill you, and nobody likes getting threats from an instigator, so nothing works out and no deals/compromises are made between the two unfriendly parties).

Standoffish 

Something your girlfriend says that makes you feel like your an idiot, then you realize its not a word.
This is getting a little bit too standoffish for me.
Standoffish by BrentisDUMB November 13, 2011

Standoffish 

Someone that seems like a shy person without much sense if you don't know them well.
Robert/Roberta Ford seem shy and harmless until you turned your back, then his/her standoffish nature showed through the surface, though you wouldn't ever see it until it was too late.
Standoffish by The Original Agahnim September 11, 2021