aloof from

Emotionally and/or physically distant from someone. I've never seen the CEO before—he stays pretty aloof from the rest of us. I don't think Holly is ready to talk about her breakup yet—she's been keeping aloof from all of her friends.

*aloof from someone or something

being remote or distant from someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; keep ~; remain ~; stay ~.) She tends to keep aloof from the rest of us. Ken stays aloof from other committee members between meetings.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zdena	ZDEN-ah	Czech
Dawson	['dɔ:sn]
Liouba	-	Russian
Natsuko	nah-tsoo-ko	Japanese
Gunborg	-	Swedish
Devadas	-	Indian, Hindi