unapproachable

unapproachable
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. inaccessible; cold, cool, forbidding, distant. See impossibility, taciturnity, seclusion.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Distant]
Syn. withdrawn, hesitant, aloof; see inaccessible , distant .
2. [Unmatched]
Syn. peerless, unsurpassed, best; see excellent , superior , unique 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. aloof cold, distant, remote, standoffish, *snobby, snobbish, inaccesible, forbidding, unfriendly, unsociable.
2. incomparable unbeatable, unrivaled, unequaled, unparalleled, without equal, peerless.
ANT.: 1. approachable, warm, friendly, open. 2. second-rate, mediocre, poor, average
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not friendly, sociable, or warm in manner: aloof, chill, chilly, cool, distant, offish, remote, reserved, reticent, solitary, standoffish, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, withdrawn. See ATTITUDE, HOT. 2. Unable to be reached: inaccessible, inapproachable, unattainable, unavailable, unreachable. Idioms: beyond reach, out of the way. See REACH.

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