0 an unfriendly attitude shown to someone or something, especially by intentionally ignoring or showing no interest in them:
The young entrepreneur got a cold shoulder from the business establishment.
1 used to describe a top (= a piece of clothing covering the top half of the body) or dress that has sleeves with parts cut out to show the shoulders:
2 to deliberately ignore someone in an unfriendly way:
He found himself being cold-shouldered by his former colleagues.
That in itself shows that, so far from neglecting or cold-shouldering this industry, we are most anxious to work in close touch and harmony with it.
As has been said, the test will be with the second generation, who will certainly be less tolerant of cold-shouldering, let alone discrimination, than their parents are at present.
I should have thought that it is not necessarily for us so vehemently to extend help, not perhaps to our enemies, but to our certainly rather cold-shouldering associates.
He came over here, and was very anxious to help, but was cold-shouldered.
Those who are invited—eminent musicians, for example—will be cold-shouldered.
We are a rustic people and are quite accustomed to being neglected and cold-shouldered by our more civilised confreres in the towns.
Previous to that, the public was cold-shouldered as regards penal policies.
Surely we could agree to talk about these things instead of cold-shouldering them.
