SILENT TREATMENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An aloof refusal to speak to someone you know

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("silent treatment" is a kind of...):

rebuff; slight (a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval))

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