Give the cold shoulder
The crossword clue "Give the cold shoulder" is answered by SHUN, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SHUN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHUN answer page.
Used 21 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- REBUFF (2 uses in xd)
- SLIGHT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SHUN
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHUN, most used first.
- Avoid - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
- Eschew - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Steer clear of - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Give the cold shoulder to - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
- Keep away from - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Ostracize - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Cold-shoulder - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Have nothing to do with - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Deliberately avoid - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Stay away from - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
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