distantness
/ˈdɪstəntnəs/
noun
- The quality of being unfriendly or emotionally removed.
- There was a certain distantness about the old man that kept people from approaching him.
- The distantness in his voice made her feel unwelcome.
- Her distantness at the party surprised her friends, who knew her as outgoing.
- The state of being far away in space or time.
- The distantness of the stars amazed the children at the observatory.
- He felt the distantness of his childhood memories as he looked at old photographs.
- The distantness of the village from the city made deliveries difficult.
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