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Definitions for Aloof

[1] at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart: They always stood aloof from their classmates.
[2] reserved or reticent; indifferent; disinterested: Because of his shyness, he had the reputation of being aloof.
[3] distant, unsympathetic, or supercilious in manner, attitude, or feeling

Words related to Aloof

haughty, standoffish, unsympathetic, distant, detached, indifferent, unresponsive, above, apart, casual, chilly, cold, cool, forbidding, hard-boiled, loner, reserved, secluded, solitary, supercilious

Words nearby Aloof

alongships, alongshore, alongside, alongside of, alonso, aloof, aloofness, alope, alopecia, alopecia areata, alopecia capitis totalis

Origin of Aloof

1525–35; a-1 + loof luff windward

Other words from Aloof

a·loof·ly , adverb
a·loof·ness , noun

Word origin for Aloof

C16: from a- 1 + loof, a variant of luff

Synonyms for Aloof

detached, distant, haughty, indifferent, standoffish, unresponsive, unsympathetic, above, apart, casual, chilly, cold, cold fish, cool, forbidding, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, incurious, laid back, lone wolf, loner, offish, on ice, putting on airs, reserved, secluded, solitary, stuck up, supercilious, thick-skinned, unapproachable, unconcerned, unfriendly, uninterested, unsociable, uppity, withdrawn