froideur

/fɹwɑːˈdɜː(ɹ)/

noun 2

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ADJ.

unusual

VERB + FROIDEUR

time, withering

FROIDEUR + NOUN

citizen

PREP.

between, with

ADV.

such

Definitions

noun

A cold or indifferent manner.

A chill in relations.

"There was a froideur between the Bank of England and the Swiss central bank for some time," recalled Collins.

When I look over at Chase[…] he stares back at Baron with such withering froideur that he resembles one of those Dust Bowl farmers in a Dorothea Lange portrait.

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"There was a froideur between the Bank of England and the Swiss central bank for some time," recalled Collins.

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When I look over at Chase[…] he stares back at Baron with such withering froideur that he resembles one of those Dust Bowl farmers in a Dorothea Lange portrait.

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But anyone who thinks this is a time of unusual froideur between citizen and citizen either misremembers the past or didn't live through it.

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