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cold-shoulder
cold-shoulder
to ignore someone; to give someone a cool reception. (See also the cold shoulder.) The hostess cold-shouldered me, so I spilt my appetizers in the swimming pool. Tiffany cold-shouldered the guy who was trying to flirt with her.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Simo | | SEE-mo (Finnish) | Finnish, Serbian |
Alberta | | [æl'bɜ:tə] | |
Italo | | - | Italian |
Borys | | BAW-ris (Polish) | Polish, Ukrainian |
Evonne | | - | English |
Manju | | - | Indian, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu |