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aloof

/əˈluːf/

/əˈluf/

Translations

aloofadjective

more aloof

Comp.

most aloof

Super.

/əˈluːf/

/əˈluf/

distantSe dit d’une personne froide, peu proche ou peu accessible.

Despite being in a room full of people, he remained aloof and uninterested in joining the conversation.

Malgré la présence de nombreuses personnes dans la pièce, il est resté distant et sans désir de participer à la conversation.

Additional translations

réservéQuand l’attitude traduit une certaine retenue sociale ou émotionnelle.

détachéQuand le mot insiste sur le manque d’implication ou de participation.

Synonyms

Antonyms

aloofadverb

/əˈluːf/

à l'écartEmploi courant pour exprimer une attitude de distance ou de retrait.

During the negotiations he kept himself aloof, letting his deputies handle the details.

Pendant les négociations, il est resté à l'écart, laissant ses adjoints s’occuper des détails.

Additional translations

à distanceEmploi plus littéraire, pour une distance physique ou un éloignement.

aloofadjective

Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.

Despite being in a room full of people, he remained aloof and uninterested in joining the conversation.

Conspicuously uninvolved and uninterested, typically through distaste.

She stayed aloof from the heated debate, preferring to observe rather than participate.

aloofadverb

At a distance but within view; apart, often suggesting emotional or social detachment.

During the negotiations he kept himself aloof, letting his deputies handle the details.

At or from a physical distance; away; apart (now chiefly literary or archaic).

The ship sailed aloof from the rocky shoreline.