Word "ALOOF" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
remote in manner
Synonyms:
distant, upstage
Examples:
stood apart with aloof dignity

Definition:
in an aloof manner
Examples:
the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough

Crossword Clues for ALOOF

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Emotionally cold The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 04 Sep 2025
Unresponsive (5) Mirror Quick 28 Aug 2025
A fool returned, distant (5) Mirror Cryptic 28 Aug 2025
Emotionally distant
Distant and detached USA Today 07 Aug 2025
Unfriendly LA Times Daily 05 Aug 2025
American gents loudly haughty The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Aug 2025
Cold place to go in centre of Sleaford
Distant The Telegraph Quick 20 Jul 2025
An idiot standing back not joining in (5)
Unlikely to give you a hug LA Times Mini 19 Jul 2025
In a halo of brilliance, indifferent (5)
Disinterested Newsday 08 Jul 2025
Standoffish, distant The Times Concise 28 Jun 2025
Frosty potato farmer's left
Formal and standoffish The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 20 Jun 2025
Standoffish The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 09 Jun 2025
Unresponsive The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 06 Jun 2025
Unfriendly at a distance (5)
Being unapproachable, loaf around receiving nothing
Reserved, remote (5)
Idiot came up with article in a haughty manner (5)
Indian potato fine? Slightly off The Sun Two Speed 09 May 2025
Emotionally distant The Sun Two Speed 09 May 2025
Reserved or distant in manner (5)
A fool can become distant and haughty (5)
Standoffish Universal 14 Apr 2025
Emotionally distant The Sun Two Speed 08 Apr 2025
Cold Indian potato fine The Sun Two Speed 08 Apr 2025
A retiring person of little intelligence; a loner (5)
Distant, detached Mirror Tea Time 17 Mar 2025
Like cold fish Premier Sunday 16 Mar 2025
As stand-offish as a jester making his comeback (5)
Reserveda backward fool (5)
At a distance an idiot pulled up (5)
A stupid person returning is unapproachable (5) Puzzler Cryptic 07 Mar 2025
Cold potato fritter to start The Telegraph Toughie 05 Mar 2025
O! O! Alf, don't look so distant (5)
A 27 returns, stand-offish (5)
Coolly distant Wall Street Journal 25 Feb 2025
Emotionally distant
Not very approachable New York Times 25 Feb 2025
It's chilly for a gull rising up
Icy New York Times 20 Feb 2025
Not very friendly USA Today 19 Feb 2025
A dessert turned cold The Times Quick Cryptic 14 Feb 2025
Cool and distant Universal 06 Feb 2025
Cool and unfriendly
Emotionally distant The Sun Two Speed 03 Feb 2025
Indian potato fine or slightly off The Sun Two Speed 03 Feb 2025
Standoffish? One of us Loofs? Yup! (5)
Hardly friendly LA Times Mini 23 Jan 2025
A loud game of cards included at a distance (5)
Standoffish New York Times Mini 21 Jan 2025
Apart, not participating (5)
Not very friendly Newsday 14 Jan 2025
Frosty Newsday 11 Jan 2025
Emotionally detached LA Times Daily 10 Jan 2025
Disinterested Newsday 09 Jan 2025
A backwards fool not very approachable (5)
Icy LA Times Daily 29 Dec 2024
Without participation a silly fellow may make a comeback (5)
Detached and unemotional (5)
A fool returns for remote (5)
Unsociable Newsday 15 Dec 2024
Fool one about being distant (5)
Being withdrawn, there's nothing foal can turn to (5)
Distant, socially
Distant physically or emotionally (5)
Cool New York Times 22 Nov 2024
An idiot standing on his head at a distance (5)
Standoffish Commuter 20 Nov 2024
Cool, distant The Telegraph Mini 18 Nov 2024
Cool and distant; not friendly (5)
Chill area with rising sap (5)
Stand-offish (5) The Guardian Speedy 27 Oct 2024
Standoffish USA Today 26 Oct 2024
Socially distant and disengaged
Socially detached USA Today 18 Oct 2024
Introverted, maybe LA Times Daily 16 Oct 2024
A fool comes up detached and unemotional (5)
Sale room offer is essentially disdainful (5) The Guardian Cryptic 09 Oct 2024
Uninvolved and uninterested
Reserved a retro clown (5)
Emotionally distant USA Today 21 Sep 2024
Cold potato appearing with frequency The Times Cryptic 18 Sep 2024
Cool and distant New York Times Mini 15 Sep 2024
Distant, unsympathetic (5)
Detached LA Times Mini 15 Aug 2024
Reserved, haughty (5) The Sun Mini 12 Aug 2024
Cool and distant Universal 11 Aug 2024
Standoffish Universal 30 Jul 2024
Not at all interested Newsday 08 Jul 2024
Remote area Charlie goes around (5) The Guardian Cryptic 08 Jul 2024
Takes a fool to go back to this standoffish state! (5)
Only a fool could look so detached
Cold sponge's bottom needs to be on top
A backward idiot not joining in (5)
Cool and distant; detached (5)
Cold potato in chaat's fine (5)
Not interested Newsday 20 Jun 2024
Primarily antisocial, leerily offish or frosty? (5)
Socially icy
A backward numskull is unconcerned (5)
Distant, withdrawn (5)
Being stand-offish, trifle with a come-uppance (5)
Not at all interested Newsday 28 May 2024
Cool and distant Universal 27 May 2024
Hard to form a bond with LA Times Daily 27 May 2024
Distant (5) The Guardian Quick 21 May 2024
Standoffish Universal 14 May 2024
Standofiish
A fool disposed to be distant (5)
Stand-offish, unfriendly (5)
Standoffish Commuter 01 May 2024
Detached Thomas Joseph 30 Apr 2024
LOOFA
A backward fool keeping himself to himself (5)
A dupe strung up is unresponsive (5)
Emotionally removed USA Today 03 Apr 2024
Reserved New York Times 22 Mar 2024
Reserved or unsocial (5)
Distant Thomas Joseph 16 Mar 2024
A fool, silly to be so unsociable (5)
Socially cool
Detached, distant (5)
Cool and detached (5)
Having a standoffish manner New York Times Mini 26 Feb 2024
Emotionally distant
Standoffish and disinterested
Cool and distant, above it all (5)
Unlikely to wave hello Universal 14 Feb 2024
Distant, stand-offish Puzzler Backwords 13 Feb 2024
Socially frosty USA Today 13 Feb 2024
Standoffish New York Times 06 Feb 2024
Emotionally distant LA Times Daily 06 Feb 2024
Distant Thomas Joseph 03 Feb 2024
Uninterested Newsday 31 Jan 2024
Emotionally distant and detached, say
Standoffish Universal 25 Jan 2024
Unapproachable USA Today 25 Jan 2024
Distant fellow supporting Indian side (5)
Coldly distant Thomas Joseph 23 Jan 2024
Detached from a lavatory by force (5)
American buffoon returned, remote in manner
Rather distant Newsday 05 Jan 2024
Not very personable
Buttoned-up Newsday 30 Dec 2023
Very reserved Commuter 28 Dec 2023
Emotionally distant The Sun Two Speed 26 Dec 2023
Potato dish fine, or a pudding served up cold? The Sun Two Speed 26 Dec 2023
Only a fool would be so reserved!
Emotionally distant USA Today 21 Dec 2023
Emotionally distant USA Today 08 Dec 2023
Cold potato flakes (starter only)
Stand-offish (5) Puzzler 29 Nov 2023
Hard to get to know Family Time 23 Nov 2023
Standoffish USA Today 20 Nov 2023
Cool and distant New York Times 23 Oct 2023
Standoffish New York Times 22 Oct 2023
Socially distant and disengaged
Distant Thomas Joseph 13 Oct 2023
Emotionally distant USA Today 04 Oct 2023
Potato in Indian fine, or a pudding served up cold? The Telegraph Toughie 19 Sep 2023
A backward idiot, reserved and haughty The Times Cryptic 08 Sep 2023
Remote, sweet area to the north The Telegraph Toughie 04 Jul 2023
Distant Thomas Joseph 08 Jun 2023
Emotionally distant USA Today 02 Jun 2023
Emotionally distant, say
Stand-offish The Guardian Speedy 23 Apr 2023
Emotionally distant
Emotionally distant Newsday 27 Mar 2023
Standoffish Newsday 05 Mar 2023
Unapproachable USA Today 04 Mar 2023
Distant Thomas Joseph 03 Mar 2023
Socially distant Universal 01 Feb 2023
Emotionally distant USA Today 21 Dec 2022
Remote in manner Newsday 18 Dec 2022
Unsociable Wall Street Journal 26 Nov 2022
Standoffish USA Today 23 Nov 2022
Distant The Guardian Quick 21 Nov 2022
Hard to get close to Wall Street Journal 04 Nov 2022
Standoffish The Times Concise 30 Oct 2022
Standoffish New York Times 23 Oct 2022
Socially distant and disengaged
Coldly distant Thomas Joseph 06 Oct 2022
Standoffish in manner Newsday 21 Sep 2022
Standoffish The Times Concise 10 Sep 2022
Distant Thomas Joseph 24 Aug 2022
Detached, a goose returning The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Aug 2022
Emotionally disengaged USA Today 04 Aug 2022
Emotionally distant Newsday 02 Aug 2022
Distant and cool LA Times Daily 25 Jul 2022
Emotionally detached LA Times Daily 18 Jul 2022
Detached The Telegraph Quick 17 Jul 2022
Icy Wall Street Journal 14 Jul 2022
Standoffish Universal 29 Jun 2022
Cold and distant Universal 28 Jun 2022
A lively fellow starts by getting two rounds in, then becomes withdrawn Irish Times Crosaire 06 Jun 2022
Disengaged from one's peers
Emotionally distant
Disinterested Newsday 29 Mar 2022
Uninterested Newsday 14 Mar 2022
Standoffish Newsday 13 Mar 2022
Icy Eugene Sheffer 31 Jan 2022
Socially distant Premier Sunday 30 Jan 2022
A little room, initially far distant The Times Cryptic 27 Jan 2022
Withdrawn The Guardian Quick 21 Jan 2022
Coolly distant Wall Street Journal 04 Jan 2022
Emotionally distant, say
Distant LA Times Daily 19 Dec 2021
Socially disengaged
Socially detached The Washington Post Sunday 21 Nov 2021
Socially distant New York Times 08 Nov 2021
Remote in manner Newsday 20 Oct 2021
Haughty Canadiana 20 Sep 2021
Detached Canadiana 06 Sep 2021
Remote in manner Newsday 30 Aug 2021
Standoffish LA Times Daily 05 Aug 2021
Standoffish The Washington Post 05 Aug 2021
Standoffish The Times Concise 29 Jul 2021
Remote in manner Irish Times Simplex 28 Jul 2021
Unsociable Newsday 24 Jul 2021
Distant LA Times Daily 23 Jul 2021
Distant The Washington Post 23 Jul 2021
Unfriendly Eugene Sheffer 15 Jul 2021
Rather distant Newsday 04 Jul 2021
Far from engaged Newsday 02 Jul 2021
Cool and distant The Times Concise 18 Jun 2021
Emotionally detached
A mug served up cold
Distant or detached
Standoffish Universal 03 Apr 2021
Not at all interested Newsday 09 Mar 2021
Emotionally distant The Sun Two Speed 01 Mar 2021
Cold Indian potato fine The Sun Two Speed 01 Mar 2021
Emotionally detached USA Today 12 Feb 2021
Withdrawn dessert, American upset
Cool and distant Wall Street Journal 08 Feb 2021
Distant and detached (anagram of "loofa")
Socially disengaged
Cold facilities welcomed by a female The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Jan 2021
Emotionally distant USA Today 10 Jan 2021
Standoffish Wall Street Journal 09 Jan 2021
Standoffish USA Today 08 Jan 2021
Distant Wall Street Journal 05 Jan 2021
Coolly distant Wall Street Journal 28 Nov 2020
Detached The Washington Post 25 Nov 2020
Unapproachable USA Today 06 Nov 2020
Disinterested LA Times Daily 31 Oct 2020
Disinterested The Washington Post 31 Oct 2020
Socially distant
Cool and distant The Telegraph Quick 19 Oct 2020
Reserved area idiot rejected
Socially distant
Emotionally distant
Indian potato fine? Slightly off The Sun Two Speed 01 Jul 2020
A place to go with female that's pretty distant
Unfriendly, when a clown shows up
Standoffish New York Times 13 May 2020
Emotionally distant Universal 13 May 2020
Distant The Washington Post 18 Apr 2020
Emotionally unengaged USA Today 18 Apr 2020
Distant LA Times Daily 18 Apr 2020
Emotionally detached New York Times 06 Apr 2020
Indian potato following is rather cold The Sun Two Speed 27 Mar 2020
Remote in manner Irish Times Simplex 17 Mar 2020
Coldly distant Thomas Joseph 16 Mar 2020
Amateur on dope turns unresponsive 
Socially disengaged
Icy Wall Street Journal 31 Dec 2019
Standoffish Premier Sunday 22 Dec 2019
Socially disconnected
Distant Thomas Joseph 15 Nov 2019
A dolt's back, all alone
Distant and detached
Remote (manner) The Telegraph Quick 17 Jul 2019
A jester, revolting and supercilious
Detached Wall Street Journal 13 Jun 2019
Cool and distant Universal 12 Jun 2019
Unpleasantly cold, a roly-poly pudding
Unfriendly and distant
Hard to get to know USA Today 29 May 2019
Emotionally distant Newsday 13 May 2019
Unfriendly Eugene Sheffer 04 May 2019
Emotionally detached and unfriendly
Unpleasantly cold, a roly-poly pudding
Emotionally distant and unreachable
Socially distant USA Today 01 Mar 2019
Socially disengaged New York Times 19 Feb 2019
Indian potato female gets cold The Sun Two Speed 05 Feb 2019
Emotionally detached
Hard to reach New York Times 04 Jan 2019
Distant
Icy
Hard to get to know
Detached
Hard to reach
Socially disengaged
Standoffish
Cool and distant
Standoffish
Socially distant
Detached New York Times 27 Dec 2018
Socially chilly LA Times Daily 24 Dec 2018
At a distance or not friendly, say
Socially chilly The Washington Post 24 Dec 2018
Sample of vindaloo fare can be reserved Irish Times Crosaire 18 Dec 2018
Like cold fish Premier Sunday 16 Dec 2018
Cool and distant Jonesin 04 Dec 2018
Distant emotionally
Not ready for a group hug, say The Chronicle of Higher Education 23 Nov 2018
Seemingly distant and without any emotional attachments
Standoffish The Washington Post 30 Oct 2018
Standoffish LA Times Daily 30 Oct 2018
Hardly friendly Wall Street Journal 27 Oct 2018
Stand-offish The Times Concise 24 Sep 2018
Somewhat distant, a gull returning
Reserved a scrubber with no surprise expressed
Uninterested Newsday 14 Aug 2018
U-turn from friendly Universal 18 Jul 2018
Somewhat icy New York Times 13 Jul 2018
Chilly LA Times Daily 08 Jul 2018
Chilly The Washington Post 08 Jul 2018
How shy people may stand New York Times 12 May 2018
Reserved a turkey from the back
Cold and unapproachable
Stand-offish The Guardian Speedy 31 Mar 2018
Reserved The Sun Two Speed 27 Mar 2018
At a distance a jackass pulled up The Sun Two Speed 27 Mar 2018
A dummy upside down, detached The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Feb 2018
Standoffish The Telegraph Quick 11 Feb 2018
Unsociable Newsday 01 Feb 2018
An idiot, turning indifferent
Not ready for a group hug, say
Somewhat icy
How shy people may stand
Emotionally detached
Detached
Standoffish
Socially chilly
Chilly
U-turn from friendly
Emotionally distant
Hardly friendly
Far from cordial
A pudding sent back cold
Remote, socially Universal 09 Dec 2017
Above it all LA Times Daily 03 Dec 2017
Above it all The Washington Post 03 Dec 2017
Like a cold fish USA Today 26 Nov 2017
Cold potato? Fine
Haughty The Times Concise 22 Oct 2017
Unlikely to take an interest Newsday 30 Sep 2017
Distant New York Times 20 Sep 2017
Detached Premier Sunday 27 Aug 2017
Distant or disinterested
Intentionally apart or cool Universal 14 Aug 2017
Distant admiration initially when trick is turned on its head
Remote Universal 09 Jul 2017
Coolly detached Universal 07 Jul 2017
Socially distant Universal 21 Jun 2017
Indifferent Newsday 31 May 2017
A madman raised to be unsociable
Standoffish Newsday 30 Mar 2017
A fruit dessert brought back with ice The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Mar 2017
Reserved Thomas Joseph 02 Mar 2017
A pudding turned cold
Not very friendly Newsday 06 Feb 2017
Distant
Remote, socially
Socially distant
Distant
Remote
Intentionally apart or cool
Like a cold fish
Coolly detached
Above it all
Distant and cool LA Times Daily 19 Dec 2016
Chilly Wall Street Journal 16 Dec 2016
Disengaged LA Times Daily 11 Dec 2016
Needing a place to go, fellow's withdrawn
Unlikely to get excited LA Times Daily 11 Oct 2016
Lacking human warmth Family Time 17 Jul 2016
Reserved area, bog north of Fens?
Remote Newsday 07 May 2016
Hardly warm LA Times Daily 30 Apr 2016
Above it all USA Today 12 Apr 2016
A pudding sent up cold?
Remote Wall Street Journal 07 Mar 2016
Lacking human warmth Universal 01 Mar 2016
Cool in manner Universal 31 Jan 2016
Haughty fellow rings to be admitted The Times Cryptic 04 Jan 2016
Unlikely to get excited
Cool in manner
A person without intelligence is rejected, becomes reserved
Standoffish, remote in manner The Telegraph General Knowledge 06 Dec 2015
Emotionally detached The Washington Post 01 Dec 2015
Indifferent The Washington Post 17 Nov 2015
Detached, in a way Canadiana 19 Oct 2015
Cool USA Today 04 Aug 2015
Emotionally distant LA Times Daily 22 Jun 2015
Unapproachable LA Times Daily 07 Jun 2015
Chilly Premier Sunday 24 May 2015
A backward idiot, apart from all else
Hard to reach LA Times Daily 28 Mar 2015
Snobbishly unfriendly USA Today 15 Mar 2015
Distant in manner The Telegraph Quick 13 Mar 2015
Cold Indian potato on top of freezer
Plenty of time is lost or reserved
A look of being indifferent The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Mar 2015
Arrogant Universal 02 Feb 2015
A dessert is served up cold The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Jan 2015
Not friendly Premier Sunday 25 Jan 2015
Chilly
Standoffish
Hard to reach
Emotionally distant
Not friendly
Arrogant
Unapproachable
Cold and unapproachable
Standoffish
Removed
Indifferent
Distant
Emotionally detached
Distant
Detached
Above it all
Cool
Snobbishly unfriendly
Unapproachable
Nonchalant
Hard to connect with
Emotionally distant
Emotionally detached
Above it all
Emotionally distant
Hard to approach
Not engaging
Emotionally distant
Indifferent
Lacking human warmth
Not very affable
Showing detached attitude? One's upped the dope
Standoffish
Icy and removed
Hard to approach
Not easy to get close to
Detached
Not particularly friendly
Coolly detached
Apart from a cold dessert served up
Disinterested
Unlikely to get excited
Above it all
Emotionally detached
Unfriendly
Like cold fish
Not personally engaged
Far from friendly
Indifferent
Not very engaged
Above it all
Chilly
Disinterested
Emotionally detached
Unfriendly
Cool and distant
Removed
Snobbish
Remote
Hard to get close to
Unfriendly
Disinterested
Chilly
Distant
Standoffish
Unlikely to hug, say
Cold
Hard to get close to
Hard to get close to
Above it all
Cool
Far from friendly
Icy
Not easily excitable
Unmoved
Coolly detached
Standoffish
Unmoved
Emotionally detached
Above it all
Uninterested
Hardly friendly
Haughty
Haughty
Distant
Like a cold fish
Remote in manner
Socially distant
Hard to reach
Hardly warm
Standoffish
Hardly warm
Far from engaged
Detached
Distant
Snooty
Remote in manner
Like a cold fish
Unconcerned
Removed
Disinterested
Like an iceberg
Remote
Unfriendly
Hard to reach
Distant
Like cold fish
Cool in manner
Emotionally removed
Standoffish
Hard to approach
Unfriendly
Chilly
Remote
Removed
Distant
Not easy to get close to
Detached
Reserved
Above it all
Removed
Remote
Standoffish
Unapproachable
Hard to reach
Remote in manner
Distant
Icy
Cool
Emotionally removed
Indifferent
Cold fish-like
Uninvolved
Rather remote
Snooty
Emotionally distant
Far from cordial
Cool
Removed
Reserved
Snobbishly unfriendly
Affectless
Icy
Reserved
Chilly
Detached
On the cool side
Snobbishly unfriendly
Snobbishly unfriendly
Hard to get close to
Reserved
Emotionally distant
Near, but not close
Unsociable
Rather distant
Reserved
Far from cordial
Detached
Not friendly
Above it all
Unsociable
Remote in manner
Unsociable
Snobby
Hard to get to know
exactly the life of the party
Like a cold fish
Cold-shouldered
Cool
Above it all
Unconcerned
Removed
Above it all
Removed
Hardy warm
Cooly detached
Cool
Distant
Not engaged
Remote
Reserved
Hard to get close to
Uninvolved
Snobbish
Cool
Above it all
Far from cordial
Snooty
At a distance
Remote
Turning a cold shoulder
Unsympathetic
Intentionally apart
Indifferent
Distant; reserved
Disinterested
Cool; detached
Reserved; cool
IT CONSISTS OF 592 TCHASTS
Haughtily removed
Haughty
Like a loner
Snobbish
Reticent
Snooty
Stand-offish
Withdrawn
Detached.
Withdrawn.
At a distance.
Cool and reserved.
Distant.
Upstage.
Indifferent.
Unsociable.
Haughty.
Unsocial.
Intentionally at a distance.
Removed
Remote
Not overly friendly
Cool and distant
Standoffish.
Stand-offish.
British attitude on Schuman Plan.
Cool.
Reserved.
Up stage.
Disinterested.
Detached
Reticent.
Remote.
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