Definitions for aloofness

aloofness a·loof·ness

Spelling: [uh-loof-nis]
IPA: /əˈluf nɪs/

Aloofness is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 304 anagrams from letters in aloofness (aeflnooss).

Definitions for aloofness

noun

  1. the quality or state of being aloof, distant, or reserved; indifference:

Origin of aloofness

aloof + -ness

Examples for aloofness

She was a little piqued at his unexpected attitude of aloofness.

Too long had he cultivated reticence, aloofness, and moroseness.

Helen's sadness, her composure, her aloofness, engaged his imagination.

Your aloofness, your indifference only spurs me, only adds to the acuteness of my desire.

There is a kind of aloofness in strong men at great moments.

He was hurt by the sight of his own life, which ought to have been a masterpiece of aloofness.

Doubtless a policy of aloofness was long the safe policy for us.

She could scarcely endure the aloofness with which he had withdrawn into himself.

Then she realised that this was a step down from her pedestal of aloofness, and was silent again.

Then she faced the lawyer again, with an aloofness of manner that was contemptuous.

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