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素っ気ない (sokkenai)

cold, short, curt, blunt

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

素っ気ない (そっけない, sokkenai) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “cold, short, curt, blunt”.

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Example sentences 6

彼女かのじょはいつも私わたしに素そっ気けない。

She always gives me the cold shoulder.

彼女は私の申し出をそっけなくはねつけた。

She gave a flat refusal to my offer.

彼は彼女のそっけない態度にいらいらした。

He was impatient with her unfriendly attitude.

彼女は私の申し出を素っ気なく断った。

She gave a flat refusal to my offer.

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