English noun: aloofness | |||
| 1. | aloofness (feeling) indifference by personal withdrawal | ||
| Samples | Emotional distance. | ||
| Synonyms | distance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | indifference | ||
| 2. | aloofness (attribute) a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner | ||
| Synonyms | remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unsociability, unsociableness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | unapproachability | ||