adjective · rare

aloof

aloof · more aloof · most aloof

прохолодний

сдержанный, отстранённый, безучастный, отчуждённый

reserviert, distanziert, zurückhaltend, unnahbar

Either physically or emotionally remote: distant, standoffishEither physically or emotionally remote: distant, standoffish.

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/əˈluːf/

» Tom is aloof.

Meaning

1 senses

Either physically or emotionally remote: distant, standoffish.
distanziert, menschenscheu, zurückhaltend
отчуждённыйotčuždjónnyj, стороня́щийсяstoronjáščijsja, сде́ржанныйsdéržannyj

More definitions

remote in manner

Examples

23 sentences

Tom is aloof.
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Tom was aloof.
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Don't be aloof, let's go together.
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He always stands aloof from the masses.
deEr hält sich immer abseits der Massen. — samueldora
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The old man stands aloof from this world.
deDer alte Mann hält sich fern vom Weltgeschehen. — Tamy
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant:

Origin

From Middle English loof (“weather gage, windward direction”), probably from Middle Dutch

From Middle English loof (“weather gage, windward direction”), probably from Middle Dutch (Compare Dutch loef (“the weather side of a ship”)), originally a nautical order to keep the ship's head to the wind, thus to stay clear of a lee-shore or some other quarter, hence the figurative sense of "at a distance, apart".

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