aloof

/uh-LOOF/adjective

cool and distant; not friendly or involved

The champion stayed aloof from the locker-room politics.
Synonyms
detached, remote, standoffish
Antonyms
warm, sociable
Memory hook
a-loof: sailing away from the crowd, windward and apart.

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