stiff-armed

verb

past tense of stiff-arm
as in isolated
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely in his sad and lonely old age, he stiff-armed even once-beloved friends

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Recent Examples of stiff-armed Gordon ran with a head of steam through the opening and stiff-armed veteran safety Harrison Smith at the next level to scoot down the sideline. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stiff-armed
  1. isolated
  2. rejected
  3. snubbed
  4. cut
  5. repulsed
  6. repelled
  7. cold-shouldered
Verb
  • For someone feeling isolated, that kind of connection may offer comfort.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Broken and forlorn, she’s once again isolated…till Wicker Husband reappears—repaired and forgiving.
    — Valerie Monroe, Allure, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of isolated
Verb
  • The Offer At My Front Door During my time on the council, a developer appealed to us after the planning board rejected his plan for condos overlooking the largest lake in town.
    — Jim Carlough, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The bill is due before lawmakers on Tuesday, after the finance committee rejected it.
    — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of rejected
Verb
  • Their forebears at the Academy snubbed canonical documentaries like The Thin Blue Line, Roger & Me, and Hoop Dreams.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
  • At one point, McLoughlin even snubbed Sylvester Stallone, another Kennedy Center Honoree who had wandered into the bar.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of snubbed
Verb
  • The defense once again gave the offense an opportunity, forcing an Argyle punt, and this time, Heritage capitalized with a 2-yard rushing TD from Vargas to cut the lead to 7 points.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Later that month, Achilles, a university lecturer, cut a campaign ad in the spirit of a tongue-in-cheek corporate training video on how to avoid starting a foreign war.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of cut
Verb
  • Young people just aren’t interested, partly because they’re repulsed by bodily fluids.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • His recent comments didn’t favor the Browns fanbase, and many Cleveland fans seem viscerally repulsed by him.
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of repulsed
Verb
  • Even some supporters of capital punishment, including a number of Republican lawmakers, seemed repelled by the prospect.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Some microbiomes attracted the skeeters; others repelled them.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of repelled
Verb
  • Over the next half decade, Biden cold-shouldered the Turkish government.
    — Kaya Genç, The Dial, 3 Feb. 2026
Definition of cold-shouldered

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“Stiff-armed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stiff-armed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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