- offish
- [ʹɒfıʃ] a разг.
1. нелюдимый, необщительный, замкнутый2. чопорный, холодный, сдержанный в обращении
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
Offish — Off ish, a. Shy or distant in manner; aloof; stand offish. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
offish — [ôf′ish] adj. Informal STANDOFFISH … English World dictionary
offish — adjective informal behaving in a slightly unfriendly or impolite way: I don t know why but she seemed a bit offish to me … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
offish — adjective Etymology: 1off Date: 1827 standoffish • offishness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
offish — offishly, adv. offishness, n. /aw fish, of ish/, adj. Informal. aloof; unapproachable; standoffish. [1825 35, Amer.; OFF + ISH1] * * * … Universalium
offish — adjective aloof See Also: standoffish … Wiktionary
offish — Synonyms and related words: Olympian, above all that, ailing, aloof, backward, bashful, blank, chilled, chilly, cold, constrained, cool, detached, discreet, distant, donsie, exclusive, expressionless, forbidding, frigid, frosty, guarded, icy,… … Moby Thesaurus
offish — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not friendly, sociable, or warm in manner: aloof, chill, chilly, cool, distant, remote, reserved, reticent, solitary, standoffish, unapproachable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, withdrawn. See ATTITUDE, HOT … English dictionary for students
offish — off·ish || É‘fɪʃ , É” / É’f adj. standing away from, disinterested; aloof (Informal) … English contemporary dictionary
offish — adjective informal aloof or distant in manner. Derivatives offishly adverb offishness noun … English new terms dictionary
offish — off·ish … English syllables