Definition of the word cold

Recent Examples on the Web



French winegrowers battling unseasonably cold weather resorted this week to lighting candles and other small fires to protect their vineyards from a potentially devastating frost.


Erin Cunningham, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023





His friends and colleagues at the time included Lewis Lapham, Jimmy Breslin, Nora Ephron, and Tom Wolfe, who recalled Portis’s sudden departure from the profession in 1964: Portis quit cold one day; just like that, without a warning.


Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2023





Dinosaur body temperature Did dinosaur blood run cold, like a lizard, or warm, like a bird?


Katie Hunt, CNN, 7 Apr. 2023





Honda is recalling 563,711 older-model CR-Vs in 22 cold-weather states and Washington, D.C., because an accumulation of road salt can cause the vehicle’s rear trailing arm to corrode and detach, which could lead to a crash.


Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023





The case ran cold for more than two decades until new DNA analysis led police to charge Miller in 2015.


Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2023





While colder days may be behind us, there’s never a wrong time to add staple pieces to your wardrobe.


Roxanne Adamiyatt, townandcountrymag.com, 6 Apr. 2023





Enter Email Sign Up Related: Boston University stopped cold by Minnesota in the semifinals of men’s Frozen Four; Quinnipiac beats Michigan to reach final.


Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023





From fetching light fixtures to bold backsplashes, designers have no shortage of smart solutions to spiff up those cold culinary quarters.


Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 6 Apr. 2023




Keep beef and poultry cold below 40 degrees and thaw frozen meat in the refrigerator.4 Ground beef should be cooked to an internal temperature of 160 degrees and whole cuts cooked to 145 degrees.


Rebecca Jaspan, Mph, Rd, Cdn, Cdces, Health, 6 Apr. 2023





Our favorite herbal supplements for colds contain echinacea, elderberry, ginger and Andrographis paniculata.


Joe And Teresa Graedon, oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2023





The Rockets throw the twelfth-most passes in the league, but rank stone cold last in assists, a testament to the fact that passes rarely arrive in the shooter’s pocket.


Mark Deeks, Forbes, 31 Mar. 2023





There’s also the fact that a malnourished and heavily pregnant Shauna has taken to eating bits of Jackie that have fallen off in the wintry cold, literalizing the intense, codependent, and sometimes borderline-homoerotic friendships that often form between young women.


Abby Monteil, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023





Unusual spring cold The North Bay is no stranger to cold snaps during the winter, with inland valleys around Santa Rosa, Petaluma and Napa often experiencing the chilliest air in the Bay Area.


Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2023





Allergy symptoms can often resemble those of a cold — especially in kids — Sharma, a pediatrician, said.


Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023





New York City and Philadelphia will reach temperatures of 53 degrees and 55 degrees, respectively, on Wednesday, after a weekend of extreme cold.


Teddy Grant, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2023





The reality is, this sort of extreme cold doesn’t happen all that often, even in the Northeast.


CBS News, 3 Feb. 2023




First detected in the stream after the stream mouth emerged from glacial ice were larvae of chironomids, cold-loving midges.


Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023





The green mandarin that features in Armani Code Eau de Toilette was cold-extracted from fruits handpicked in Calabria, Italy—a sourcing method that helps support local farmers and invests in responsible agricultural practices.


Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2023





Clothing choice in what appears to be below-zero weather is the low point here: they are all clad in metal armor, which is likely heavy, restrictive, and cold-conducting.


Benjamin Tepler, Outside Online, 14 Oct. 2022





The compilation was spurred by longtime Alaska journalist and writer Lael Morgan, who cold-called James and pitched him on the idea of a book focusing on Alaska literature.


Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2023





In short, the prankster pretended to be a cop and, over and over again, cold-called a series of fast-food restaurants, eventually convincing a manager at each one to strip-search a young female worker.


Chris Hachey, BGR, 15 Dec. 2022





The companies obtained phone numbers for elderly people throughout the country and cold-called them.


Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 15 June 2022





The turtle — 13 Kemp’s ridley and two green sea turtles — arrived at the National Aquarium in November 2021 after rescuers found the creatures stranded and cold-stunned off the coast of Massachusetts.


Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 3 Mar. 2022





One of the massages, for instance, uses a CBD oil (featuring cold-pressed grapeseed oil, arnica, chamomile and Vitamin E) from Colorado’s Steamboat Springs.


Chadner Navarro, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2023



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adjective, cold·er, cold·est.

having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.

feeling an uncomfortable lack of warmth; chilled: The skaters were cold.

having a temperature lower than the normal temperature of the human body:cold hands.

lacking in passion, emotion, enthusiasm, ardor, etc.; dispassionate: cold reason.

not affectionate, cordial, or friendly; unresponsive: a cold reply; a cold reception.

lacking sensual desire: She remained cold to his advances.

failing to excite feeling or interest: the cold precision of his prose.

unexcitable; imperturbable: cold impassivity.

depressing; dispiriting: the cold atmosphere of a hospital waiting room.

unconscious because of a severe blow, shock, etc.: I knocked him cold with an uppercut.

lacking the warmth of life; lifeless: When the doctor arrived, the body was already cold.

faint; weak: The dogs lost the cold scent.

(in games) distant from the object of search or the correct answer.

Slang. (in sports and games) not scoring or winning; ineffective: Cold shooting and poor rebounding were their undoing.

Art.

  1. having cool colors, especially muted tones tending toward grayish blue.
  2. being a cool color.

slow to absorb heat, as a soil containing a large amount of clay and hence retentive of moisture.

Metalworking. noting or pertaining to any process involving plastic deformation of a metal at a temperature below that at which recrystallization can occur because of the strain: cold working.

noun

the relative absence of heat: Everyone suffered from the intense cold.

the sensation produced by loss of heat from the body, as by contact with anything having a lower temperature than that of the body: He felt the cold of the steel door against his cheek.

cold weather: He can’t take the cold.

Also called common cold. a respiratory disorder characterized by sneezing, sore throat, coughing, etc., caused by an allergic reaction or by a viral, bacterial, or mixed infection.

adverb

with complete competence, thoroughness, or certainty; absolutely: He learned his speech cold.

without preparation or prior notice: She had to play the lead role cold.

in an abrupt, unceremonious manner: He quit the job cold.

Metalworking. at a temperature below that at which recrystallization can occur (sometimes used in combination): to cold-hammer an iron bar; The wire was drawn cold.

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Idioms about cold

    catch / take cold, to get or suffer from a cold: We all caught cold during that dreadful winter.

    go cold, Slang. (in sports and games) to become unproductive or ineffective; be unable to score.

    in from the cold, out of a position or condition of exile, concealment, isolation, or alienation: Since the new government promised amnesty, fugitive rebels are coming in from the cold.

    left out in the cold, neglected; ignored; forgotten: After the baby came, the young husband felt left out in the cold.Also out in the cold.

    throw cold water on, to disparage; disapprove of; dampen the enthusiasm of: They threw cold water on her hopes to take acting classes.

Origin of cold

before 950; Middle English; Old English cald, ceald; cognate with Gothic kalds,Old Norse kaldr,German kalt,Dutch koud; akin to Latin gel- in gelidusgelid

synonym study for cold

1. Cold, chill, chilly, cool refer to various degrees of absence of heat. Cold refers to temperature possibly so low as to cause suffering: cold water. Chill suggests a penetrating cold which causes shivering and numbness: There was a chill wind blowing. Chilly is a weaker word, though it also connotes shivering and discomfort: a chilly room. Cool means merely somewhat cold, not warm: cool and comfortable. All have figurative uses.

OTHER WORDS FROM cold

coldish, adjectivecoldly, adverbcoldness, nouno·ver·cold, adjective

o·ver·cold·ly, adverb

Words nearby cold

Colchester, colchicine, colchicum, Colchis, colcothar, cold, cold-blooded, cold-blooded animals, cold brew, cold call, cold case

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MORE ABOUT COLD

What is a basic definition of cold?

Cold is an adjective that describes something that lacks heat or has a low temperature. Cold also describes someone as being unemotional or detached. As a noun, cold often refers to a respiratory illness that involves sneezing and congestion. The word cold has many other senses as an adjective, noun, and adverb.

If something is cold, it lacks heat or has a low temperature. For example, cold water would have a temperature that approaches 0 degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit. A cold steak is one that hasn’t been cooked (heated) or one that has just emerged from a freezer. Cold is the opposite of hot.

In a related sense, the word cold is used to describe the feeling you have when you lack heat or are exposed to freezing conditions that remove heat from you. This feeling often involves involuntary behavior such as shivering, getting goosebumps, teeth chattering, or skin turning blue.

  • Real-life examples: Ice cubes, snow, and the North Pole are examples of things that are cold. Sticking your hand into a bucket of ice water will make you feel really cold. In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter months of December, January, and February are when the weather and air get really cold.
  • Used in a sentence:
    • I put on a jacket and gloves because it was really cold outside.
    • He turned up the thermostat after his mother said she was cold. 

Related to this sense, cold can mean a lack of heat or cold weather (usually in the form of “the cold”).

  • Used in a sentence: I couldn’t handle the extreme cold of the lake.

The word cold can also describe someone as being aloof, unemotional, or unwelcoming. This sense of cold is often used negatively to accuse a person of being cruel, uncaring, merciless, or lacking empathy.

  • Used in a sentence: He was a cold man who rarely ever smiled. 

As a noun, cold is frequently used to mean a respiratory illness that involves sneezing and congestion, often referred to as “a common cold.” When used in this sense, a person is said to have “a cold” rather than “the cold.” Colds are rarely serious. They usually involve several days of congestion in your nose or lungs, a runny nose, coughing, sneezing, or similar, minor respiratory problems.

  • Used in a sentence: Jade was sneezing all day at work today because she had a cold.

Where does cold come from?

The first records of cold come from before the 950s. It ultimately comes from the Old English ceald and is related to the Old Norse kaldr, the Gothic kalds, and the Old High German kalt.

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How is cold used in real life?

Cold is a very common word that most often describes something as lacking heat.

This winter everything is too cold… the hands, the feet and the hearts 🥶💙

— Mariam Ayub (@i_m_mariam) December 28, 2020

It’s so cold out that while we were walking the dogs, I could feel the fluids in my eyeballs freeze.

Perfect weather! XD

— KrimsonRogue (@KrimsonRogue) December 26, 2020

Really cold right now so probably won’t get around to painting today because I’m hudled up in blankets 🥶

— Meg (@AuroraBoreowlis) December 27, 2020

Try using cold!

Which of the following items is most likely to be described as being cold?

A. an ice cube
B. the Sun
C. fire
D. an erupting volcano

Words related to cold

bitter, bleak, brisk, chilled, cool, crisp, frigid, frosty, frozen, icy, intense, raw, snowy, wintry, distant, inhospitable, lukewarm, snow, arctic, cutting

How to use cold in a sentence

  • It’s the kind of place where the waiter prepares things tableside, like mixing a Manhattan so cold a layer of ice floats on its surface, or tossing a Caesar salad with silver tongs.

  • For past initiatives, like his $2 billion homelessness directive, members of Bezos’s team cold-called people they knew to figure out who to donate to, instead of opening up a public channel.

  • I use it every morning to loosen up my back, and if it’s too cold to run, I’ll go through a stretching routine or an online yoga session instead.

  • A cooler on the porch may be necessary to store meats and cold items.

  • It’s incredible how much comfort a nongreasy SPF moisturizer adds to your exposed skin on a cold ski day.

  • This is comedy based on a cold humor, detached, euphemistic, devoid of any generosity.

  • We indulge in expensive cold-pressed juices and SoulCycle classes, justifying these purchases as investments in our health.

  • Cold War fears could be manipulated through misleading art to attract readers to daunting material.

  • The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.

  • Accusing his opponents of being locked in a Cold War mind-set, it is Stone who is beholden to old orthodoxies.

  • Madame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.

  • Being quieted by the Captain with a draught of cold tea, and made to sit down, the examination of the book proceeded.

  • When alone she sometimes picked it up and kissed the cold glass passionately.

  • Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!

  • Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!

British Dictionary definitions for cold


adjective

having relatively little warmth; of a rather low temperaturecold weather; cold hands

without sufficient or proper warmththis meal is cold

lacking in affection, enthusiasm, or warmth of feelinga cold manner

not affected by emotion; objectivecold logic

dead

sexually unresponsive or frigid

lacking in freshnessa cold scent; cold news

chilling to the spirit; depressing

(of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; giving no sensation of warmth

metallurgy denoting or relating to a process in which work-hardening occurs as a result of the plastic deformation of a metal at too low a temperature for annealing to take place

(of a process) not involving heat, in contrast with traditional methodscold typesetting; cold technology

informal (of a seeker) far from the object of a search

denoting the contacting of potential customers, voters, etc, without previously approaching them in order to establish their interestcold mailing

cold comfort little or no comfort

cold steel the use of bayonets, knives, etc, in combat

from cold without advance notice; without giving preparatory information

in cold blood showing no passion; deliberately; ruthlessly

leave someone cold informal to fail to excite someonethe performance left me cold

throw cold water on or pour cold water on informal to be unenthusiastic about or discourage

noun

the absence of heat regarded as a positive forcethe cold took away our breath

the sensation caused by loss or lack of heat

in the cold or out in the cold informal neglected; ignored

an acute viral infection of the upper respiratory passages characterized by discharge of watery mucus from the nose, sneezing, etc

catch a cold slang to make a loss; lose one’s investment

adverb

informal without preparationhe played his part cold

informal, mainly US and Canadian thoroughly; absolutelyshe turned him down cold

Derived forms of cold

coldish, adjectivecoldly, adverbcoldness, noun

Word Origin for cold

Old English ceald; related to Old Norse kaldr, Gothic kalds, Old High German kalt; see cool

Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Other Idioms and Phrases with cold


In addition to the idioms beginning with cold

  • cold cash
  • cold comfort
  • cold feet, get
  • cold fish
  • cold hands, warm heart
  • cold shoulder
  • cold shower
  • cold snap
  • cold storage
  • cold sweat
  • cold turkey

also see:

  • blow hot and cold
  • catch cold
  • come in from the cold
  • in a cold sweat
  • in cold blood
  • in cold storage
  • in the cold light of day
  • knock out (cold)
  • leave one cold
  • make one’s blood run cold
  • out cold
  • out in the cold
  • pour cold water on
  • stone cold
  • stop cold

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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  • Afrikaans: koud (af)
  • Ainu: ヤㇺ (yam)
  • Albanian: ftohtë (sq)
  • Amharic: ቀዝቃዛ (ḳäzḳaza)
  • Andi: содо (sodo)
  • Arabic: بَارِد(bārid)
    Egyptian Arabic: برد(bard)
  • Armenian: սառը (hy) (saṙə), պաղ (hy) (pał)
  • Aromanian: aratsi, aratse
  • Assamese: চেঁচা (sẽsa), ঠাণ্ডা (thanda), শীতল (xitol)
  • Asturian: fríu (ast)
  • Azerbaijani: soyuq (az)
  • Bashkir: һыуыҡ (hıwıq)
  • Basque: hotz
  • Bavarian: koid
  • Belarusian: хало́дны (be) (xalódny), зі́мні (zímni)
  • Bengali: ঠান্ডা (bn) (ṭhanḍa), শীত (bn) (śito), শৈত্য (bn) (śōitto), হৈম (bn) (hōim)
  • Breton: yen (br)
  • Brunei Malay: sajuk
  • Bulgarian: студе́н (bg) (studén)
  • Burmese: အေး (my) (e:), ချမ်း (my) (hkyam:)
  • Caló: barojil
  • Catalan: fred (ca)
  • Cebuano: bugnaw
  • Chamicuro: me’sawa
  • Chechen: шийла (šiila)
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏴᏜ (uyvdla)
  • Chichewa: zizira
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese:  (yue) (dung3)
    Dungan: лын (lɨn), бин (bin), хан (han)
    Mandarin:  (zh) (lěng),  (zh) (hán)
    Min Nan:  (zh-min-nan) (léng)
    Wu:  (wuu) (lan)
  • Chuvash: сивӗ (sivĕ)
  • Crimean Tatar: suvuq
  • Czech: studený (cs), chladný (cs)
  • Danish: kold (da)
  • Dutch: koud (nl), fris (nl), koel (nl)
  • Dzongkha: ཁོད་སི་སི། (Khod si si.)
  • Esperanto: malvarma
  • Estonian: külm (et)
  • Even: гилси (gilsi)
  • Evenki: иӈинипчу (iŋiņipçu)
  • Faroese: kaldur (fo), kølin
  • Fijian: batabata (fj)
  • Finnish: kylmä (fi)
  • French: froid (fr)
  • Friulian: frêt, frêd
  • Galician: frío (gl)
  • Georgian: ცივი (civi)
  • German: kalt (de)
  • Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (kalds)
  • Greek: κρύος (el) (krýos)
    Ancient: ψυχρός (psukhrós)
  • Greenlandic: nillertoq
  • Guaraní: ro’y
  • Gujarati: ઠંડું (ṭhaṇḍũ)
  • Haitian Creole: frèt
  • Hausa: sansanya
  • Hawaiian: anu, anuanu, koʻekoʻe, huʻihuʻi
  • Hebrew: קַר (he) (kar), צוֹנֵן(tsonén)
  • Higaonon: matino
  • Hindi: ठंडा (hi) (ṭhaṇḍā), शीत (hi) (śīt), शीतल (hi) (śītal), हिम (hi) (him), सर्द (hi) (sard)
  • Hungarian: hideg (hu)
  • Icelandic: kaldur (is)
  • Ido: kolda (io)
  • Ilocano: ék
  • Indonesian: dingin (id)
  • Ingush: шийла (šiila)
  • Interlingua: frigide
  • Irish: fuar, dearóil
    Old Irish: úar
  • Ishkashimi: سرد (sard)
  • Istriot: frido
  • Italian: freddo (it), gelato (it), gelido (it)
  • Japanese: (to the touch) 冷たい (ja) (つめたい, tsumetai), (weather) 寒い (ja) (さむい, samui)
  • Javanese: adhem (jv)
  • Kabuverdianu: friu
  • Kannada: ತಣ್ಣನೆಯ (kn) (taṇṇaneya)
  • Kapampangan: dimla
  • Kazakh: салқын (kk) (salqyn), суық (kk) (suyq)
  • Khmer: រងា (km) (rɔngiə), ត្រជាក់ (km) (trɑcĕək)
  • Korean:  (ko) (chan), 차다 (ko) (chada), 춥다 (ko) (chupda) (for suffering)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: سارد (ckb) (sard)
    Northern Kurdish: sar (ku), sard (ku)
  • Kyrgyz: салкын (ky) (salkın), суук (ky) (suuk)
  • Ladino: frio, yelado, kalade (Monastir)
  • Lao: ໜາວ (nāo)
  • Latgalian: solts, soltons
  • Latin: algidus, frigidus (la)
  • Latvian: auksts, salts
  • Lithuanian: šaltas (lt)
  • Lombard: fredd, fregg (lmo)
  • Luxembourgish: kal
  • Macedonian: сту́ден (mk) (stúden), ла́ден (láden)
  • Maguindanao: matengaw
  • Malay: sejuk (ms)
  • Malayalam: തണുത്ത (taṇutta), ശീത (ml) (śīta)
  • Maltese: kiesaħ
  • Manchu: ᠪᡝᡳᡴᡠᠸᡝᠨ (beikuwen), ᡧᠠᡥᡡᡵᡠᠨ (šahūrun)
  • Maori: kōpeke, mātao, hōtoke, māeke, makariri, anu, anuanutanga
  • Maranao: matenggaw
  • Marathi: थंड (thaṇḍa)
  • Mirandese: friu
  • Mongolian: хүйтэн (mn) (xüjten), хөндий (mn) (xöndii)
  • Mòcheno: khòlt
  • Nanai: гичиси
  • Navajo: (a place) hakʼaz, (to the touch) sikʼaz
  • Neapolitan: friddo
  • Nepali: चिसो (ciso), ठण्डा (ṭhaṇḍā)
  • Ngazidja Comorian: -a ɓariɗi
  • Nivkh: тивдь (tivd̦)
  • Norman: fraid (Jersey)
  • Northern Ohlone: káw̄i’
  • Norwegian: kald (no)
  • Occitan: freid (oc), fred (oc), freg (oc)
  • Okinawan: (water, food) ふぃじゅるさん (fijurusan), (weather) ふぃーさん (fīsan)
  • Old Church Slavonic: хладьнъ (xladĭnŭ)
  • Old English: ċeald
  • Old Javanese: aḍom
  • Oriya: ଶୀତଳ (or) (śitôḷô)
  • Ossetian: уазал (wazal)
  • Papiamentu: fríu
  • Pashto: سوړ (ps) (soṛ)
  • Pela: kjaʔ³¹
  • Persian: سرد (fa) (sard)
  • Piedmontese: frèid
  • Pitjantjatjara: wari
  • Plautdietsch: kolt (nds)
  • Polish: zimny (pl)
  • Portuguese: frio (pt), gelado (pt)
  • Punjabi: ਠਂਡਾ (ṭhaṇḍā)
  • Quechua: qasa, ciri, gasa, chiri
  • Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
  • Rapa Nui: takeo
  • Romani: śilalo
  • Romanian: rece (ro)
  • Romansch: fraid
  • Russian: холо́дный (ru) (xolódnyj), студёный (ru) (studjónyj) (archaic, poetic)
  • Samoan: maalili
  • Samogitian: šalts
  • Sanskrit: शीत (sa) (śīta)
  • Santali: ᱥᱤᱛᱳᱞ (sitol)
  • Sardinian: fríghidu
  • Scots: cauld
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuar
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: хла́дан, сту̀ден
    Roman: hládan (sh), stùden (sh)
  • Sicilian: friddu (scn)
  • Sinhalese: සීතල (si) (sītala)
  • Slovak: studený, chladný
  • Slovene: mrzel (sl), hladen (sl)
  • Somali: qabow
  • Sorbian:
    Lower Sorbian: zymny
    Upper Sorbian: zymny (hsb), chłódny
  • Spanish: frío (es)
  • Sundanese: tiis
  • Swahili: baridi (sw)
  • Swedish: kall (sv), frusen (sv)
  • Tagalog: lamig
  • Tajik: хунук (tg) (xunuk)
  • Tamil: குளுழு (kuḷuḻu), பணி (ta) (paṇi)
  • Tarantino: fridde
  • Tatar: салкын (salkın)
  • Telugu: శీతల (śītala), చల్లని (te) (callani)
  • Tetum: malirin
  • Thai: เย็น (th) (yen), หนาว (th) (nǎao)
  • Tibetan: གྲང་མོ། (Grang mo.)
  • Tocharian B: krośce
  • Tongan: mokomoko
  • Tupinambá: ro’y
  • Turkish: soğuk (tr)
  • Turkmen: sowuk
  • Tuvan: соок (sook)
  • Udi: ми (mi)
  • Udmurt: кезьыт (keźyt)
  • Ukrainian: холо́дний (xolódnyj), зи́мний (zýmnyj)
  • Urdu: ٹھنڈا (ur) (ṭhaṇḍā)
  • Uyghur: سوغۇق(soghuq)
  • Uzbek: sovuq (uz)
  • Venetian: fredo (vec), fret (vec)
  • Vietnamese: lạnh (vi) (), lạnh lẽo (vi), nguội (vi) (of foods)
  • Volapük: koldik (vo)
  • Welsh: oer (cy)
  • West Frisian: ferkâldzjen, kjeld, kâld (fy)
  • Yagnobi: сорт (sort)
  • Yiddish: קאַלט(kalt)
  • Zazaki: serd (diq), sard, sow
  • Zealandic: waerm

cold

 (kōld)

adj. cold·er, cold·est

1.

a. Having a low temperature: cold water.

b. Being at a temperature that is less than what is required or what is normal: cold oatmeal.

c. Chilled by refrigeration or ice: cold beer.

2.

a. Feeling no warmth; uncomfortably chilled: We were cold sitting by the drafty windows.

b. Appearing to be dead; unconscious: found him out cold on the floor.

c. Dead: was cold in his grave.

3. Lacking emotion; objective: cold logic.

4.

a. Having little appeal to the senses or feelings: a cold decor.

b. Designating or being in a tone or color, such as pale gray, that suggests little warmth.

5.

a. Not affectionate or friendly; aloof: a cold person; a cold nod.

b. Exhibiting or feeling no enthusiasm: a cold audience; a cold response to the new play; a concert that left me cold.

c. Devoid of sexual desire; frigid.

6. Having lost all freshness or vividness through passage of time: dogs attempting to catch a cold scent.

7. So intense as to be almost uncontrollable: cold fury.

8. Characterized by repeated failure, especially in a sport or competitive activity: The team fell into a slump of cold shooting.

adv.

1. To an unqualified degree; totally: was cold sober.

2. With complete finality: We turned him down cold.

3. Without advance preparation or introduction: took the exam cold and passed; walked in cold and got the new job.

n.

1.

a. Relative lack of warmth: Cold slows down chemical reactions.

b. The sensation resulting from lack of warmth; chill.

2. A condition of low air temperature; cold weather: went out into the cold and got a chill.

3. A viral infection characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the upper respiratory passages and usually accompanied by malaise, fever, chills, coughing, and sneezing. Also called common cold, coryza.

Idiom:

out in the cold

Lacking benefits given to others; neglected.



cold′ly adv.

cold′ness n.

Synonyms: cold, arctic, chilly, cool, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy
These adjectives mean marked by a low or an extremely low temperature: cold air; an arctic climate; a chilly day; cool water; a frigid room; a frosty morning; gelid seas; glacial winds; icy hands.

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cold

(kəʊld)

adj

1. having relatively little warmth; of a rather low temperature: cold weather; cold hands.

2. without sufficient or proper warmth: this meal is cold.

3. lacking in affection, enthusiasm, or warmth of feeling: a cold manner.

4. not affected by emotion; objective: cold logic.

5. dead

6. sexually unresponsive or frigid

7. lacking in freshness: a cold scent; cold news.

8. chilling to the spirit; depressing

9. (Colours) (of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; giving no sensation of warmth

10. (Metallurgy) metallurgy denoting or relating to a process in which work-hardening occurs as a result of the plastic deformation of a metal at too low a temperature for annealing to take place

11. (General Engineering) (of a process) not involving heat, in contrast with traditional methods: cold typesetting; cold technology.

12. informal (of a seeker in a game) far from the object of a search

13. (Marketing) denoting the contacting of potential customers, voters, etc, without previously approaching them in order to establish their interest: cold mailing.

14. cold comfort little or no comfort

15. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) cold steel the use of bayonets, knives, etc, in combat

16. from cold without advance notice; without giving preparatory information

17. in cold blood showing no passion; deliberately; ruthlessly

18. leave someone cold informal to fail to excite someone: the performance left me cold.

19. throw cold water on pour cold water on informal to be unenthusiastic about or discourage

n

20. the absence of heat regarded as a positive force: the cold took away our breath.

21. the sensation caused by loss or lack of heat

22. in the cold out in the cold informal neglected; ignored

23. (Pathology) an acute viral infection of the upper respiratory passages characterized by discharge of watery mucus from the nose, sneezing, etc

24. catch a cold slang to make a loss; lose one’s investment

adv

25. informal without preparation: he played his part cold.

26. informal chiefly US and Canadian thoroughly; absolutely: she turned him down cold.

[Old English ceald; related to Old Norse kaldr, Gothic kalds, Old High German kalt; see cool]

ˈcoldish adj

ˈcoldly adv

ˈcoldness n

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cold

(koʊld)

adj. -er, -est,
n., adv. adj.

1. having a relatively low temperature.

2. feeling an uncomfortable lack of warmth; chilled.

3. having a temperature lower than the normal temperature of the human body: cold hands.

4. lacking in passion, enthusiasm, etc.: cold reason.

5. not affectionate or friendly: a cold reply.

6. lacking sensual desire; frigid.

7. depressing; dispiriting.

8. unconscious because of a severe blow, shock, etc.

9. lifeless or extinct; dead.

10. (in games) distant from the object of search or the correct answer.

11. Slang. (in sports and games) not scoring or winning.

12.

b. being a cool color.

13. Metalworking. at a temperature below that at which recrystallization can occur: cold working.

n.

14. the absence of heat or warmth.

15. the sensation produced by loss of heat from the body, as by contact with anything having a lower temperature than that of the body: the cold of a steel door.

16. cold weather.

17. Also called common cold. a respiratory disorder characterized by sneezing, sore throat, coughing, etc., caused by any of various viruses of the rhinovirus group.

adv.

18. with complete competence; thoroughly: He knew his speech cold.

19. without preparation or prior notice.

20. abruptly; unceremoniously.

21. Metalworking. at a temperature below that at which recrystallization can occur (sometimes used in combination): to cold-hammer an iron bar; The wire was drawn cold.

Idioms:

1. catch or take cold, to become afflicted with a cold.

2. (out) in the cold, neglected; ignored; forgotten.

3. throw cold water on, to dampen someone’s enthusiasm about.

[before 950; Middle English; Old English cald, ceald, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon cald, Old High German chalt, Old Norse kaldr, Gothic kalds; akin to gelid]

cold′ly, adv.

cold′ness, n.

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cold

— When the moon is far to the north, it is popularly called a cold moon.

See also related terms for north.

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Cold

coldness. — algid, adj.

an abnormal fear or dislike of cold.

the branch of physics that studies the production and effects of very low temperatures. — cryogenic, adj.

1. the study of snow and ice.
2. the science of refrigeration.

a thermometer for measuring very low temperatures.

the measurement of extremely low temperatures, by means of a cryometer. — cryometric, adj.

Biology. a preference for low temperatures. — cryophile, n. — cryophilic, adj.

an abnormal fear of ice or frost.

the study of the freezing points of fluids.

a surgical technique using freezing to destroy tissue.

the state or condition of being extremely cold. — gelid, adj.

the raising of the hairs on the skin as a response to cold or fear; goose bumps or goose pimples.

a process for preserving substances such as blood or serum by freeze-drying in a high vacuum.

an abnormal condition in which part of the body, though warm, feels cold.

an abnormal fear of the cold.

a feeling or sensation of coldness.

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cold

If you want to emphasize how cold the weather is, you can say that it is freezing, especially in winter when there is ice or frost.

…a freezing January afternoon.

In summer, if the temperature is below average, you can say that it is cool. In general, cold suggests a lower temperature than cool, and cool things may be pleasant or refreshing.

This is the coldest winter I can remember.

A cool breeze swept off the sea; it was pleasant out there.

If it is very cool or too cool, you can also say that it is chilly.

It was decidedly pleasant out here, even on a chilly winter’s day.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun 1. cold - a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)cold — a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); «will they never find a cure for the common cold?»

common cold

communicable disease — a disease that can be communicated from one person to another

respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness — a disease affecting the respiratory system

head cold — a common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache

rhinorrhea — persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold)

2. cold — the absence of heat; «the coldness made our breath visible»; «come in out of the cold»; «cold is a vasoconstrictor»

low temperature, frigidity, frigidness, coldness

pressor, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor — any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure

temperature — the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)

chill, gelidity, iciness — coldness due to a cold environment

chilliness, coolness — the property of being moderately cold; «the chilliness of early morning»

frostiness — coldness as evidenced by frost

cool — the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature; «the cool of early morning»

3. cold — the sensation produced by low temperatures; «he shivered from the cold»; «the cold helped clear his head»

coldness

temperature — the somatic sensation of cold or heat

Adj. 1. cold — having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; «a cold climate»; «a cold room»; «dinner has gotten cold»; «cold fingers»; «if you are cold, turn up the heat»; «a cold beer»

frozen — turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; «the frozen North»; «frozen pipes»; «children skating on a frozen brook»

cool — neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; «a cool autumn day»; «a cool room»; «cool summer dresses»; «cool drinks»; «a cool breeze»

hot — used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; «hot stove»; «hot water»; «a hot August day»; «a hot stuffy room»; «she’s hot and tired»; «a hot forehead»

2. cold — extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; «a cold unfriendly nod»; «a cold and unaffectionate person»; «a cold impersonal manner»; «cold logic»; «the concert left me cold»

passionless — not passionate; «passionless observation of human nature»

cool — psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; «relations were cool and polite»; «a cool reception»; «cool to the idea of higher taxes»

hot — extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; «a hot temper»; «a hot topic»; «a hot new book»; «a hot love affair»; «a hot argument»

3. cold — having lost freshness through passage of time; «a cold trail»; «dogs attempting to catch a cold scent»

stale — lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; «stale bread»; «the beer was stale»

4. cold — (color) giving no sensation of warmth; «a cold bluish grey»

cool — (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets; «cool greens and blues and violets»

5. cold — marked by errorless familiarity; «had her lines cold before rehearsals started»

perfect — being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; «a perfect circle»; «a perfect reproduction»; «perfect happiness»; «perfect manners»; «a perfect specimen»; «a perfect day»

6. cold — lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; «moth-eaten theories about race»; «stale news»

dusty, stale, moth-eaten

unoriginal — not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; «the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations»; «his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern»- Gwethalyn Graham

7. cold — so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; «cold fury gripped him»

intense — possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; «intense heat»; «intense anxiety»; «intense desire»; «intense emotion»; «the skunk’s intense acrid odor»; «intense pain»; «enemy fire was intense»

8. cold — sexually unresponsive; «was cold to his advances»; «a frigid woman»

frigid

unloving — not giving or reciprocating affection

9. cold — without compunction or human feeling; «in cold blood»; «cold-blooded killing»; «insensate destruction»

cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate

inhumane — lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; «humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world»; «biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used»

10. cold — feeling or showing no enthusiasm; «a cold audience»; «a cold response to the new play»

unenthusiastic — not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor; «an unenthusiastic performance by the orchestra»; «unenthusiastic applause»

11. cold — unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; «the boxer was out cold»; «pass out cold»

unconscious — not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; «lay unconscious on the floor»

12. cold — of a seeker; far from the object sought

far — located at a great distance in time or space or degree; «we come from a far country»; «far corners of the earth»; «the far future»; «a far journey»; «the far side of the road»; «far from the truth»; «far in the future»

13. cold — lacking the warmth of life; «cold in his grave»

dead — no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; «the nerve is dead»; «a dead pallor»; «he was marked as a dead man by the assassin»

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cold

adjective

1. chilly, biting, freezing, bitter, raw, chill, harsh, bleak, arctic, icy, frosty, wintry, frigid, inclement, parky (Brit. informal), cool It was bitterly cold outside.
chilly hot, heated, warm, mild, sunny, balmy

3. distant, reserved, indifferent, aloof, glacial, cold-blooded, apathetic, frigid, unresponsive, unfeeling, passionless, undemonstrative, standoffish His wife is a cold, unfeeling woman.
distant open, loving, caring, warm, spirited, emotional, alive, passionate, animated, responsive, compassionate, demonstrative

4. unfriendly, indifferent, stony, lukewarm, glacial, unmoved, unsympathetic, apathetic, frigid, inhospitable, unresponsive The president is likely to receive a cold reception when he speaks today.
unfriendly warm, friendly, sympathetic, responsive

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cold

adjective

1. Marked by a low temperature:

2. Not affected by or showing emotion:

3. Lacking all friendliness and warmth:

4. Deficient in or lacking sexual desire:

5. Lacking consciousness:

noun

Relative lack of physical warmth:

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Translations

بارِدبُرودة ،بُرودَةُ، الشُّعورزُكَامزُكام، رَشِحفاتِر، بارِد الشُّعور

студен

nachlazenízimastudenýchladchladný

forkølelsekoldkuldekøligfryse

malafablamalvarma

kylmäkylmyysnuhapakkanenvilustuminen

hladanprehladastudenzimahladnoća

hidegnátha

dingin

kaldurkvefkuldi

寒い寒さ

차다추운추위춥다

algidusfrigidus

bijotibūti nedraugiškamelgtis nedraugiškainedraugiškainedraugiškas

aukstsaukstumsnejūtīgsnelaipnssaaukstēšanās

friggripărăcealărece

nádcha

hladmrazprehladprehladiti sehladen

hladanprehlada

kallkylaköldförkylning

baridi

เย็นหนาวหวัด

lạnhlạnh lẽonguộicảm cúm

cold

[kəʊld]

A. ADJ (colder (compar) (coldest (superl)))

3. (= indifferent) to leave sb colddejar frío a algn
his music leaves me coldsu música me deja frío

4. (= dispassionate) he approached everything with cold logiclo enfocaba todo con fría lógica
the cold factsla cruda realidad
see also blood A1
see also light 1 A1

5. [colour, light] → frío

6. from colden frío
I can’t sing it from coldno puedo cantarlo en frío

7. (= unconscious)
see also out A15

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cold


cold

:

cold call

n (Comm) (on phone) → Vertreteranruf m; (= visit)Vertreterbesuch m

cold chisel

nKaltmeißel m


cold

:

cold selling

nCold Selling nt

cold storage

nKühllagerung f; to put something into cold (lit, food) → etw kühl lagern; (fig) idea, planetw auf Eis legen

cold-weather payment

n (Brit) → Brennstoffbeihilfe f

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cold

(kəuld) adjective

1. low in temperature. cold water; cold meat and salad.

2. lower in temperature than is comfortable. I feel cold.

3. unfriendly. His manner was cold.

noun

1. the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one’s surroundings. She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain; He was blue with cold.

2. an illness with running nose, coughing etc. He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold.

ˈcoldly adverb

in an unfriendly way. She looked at me coldly.

ˈcoldness nounˌcold-ˈblooded adjective

1. having blood (like that of a fish) which takes the same temperature as the surroundings of the body. cold-blooded creatures.

2. cruel and unfeeling. cold-blooded murder.

cold war

a major, especially political, struggle between nations which involves military threats but not fighting.

get cold feet

to lose courage. I was going to apply for the job but I got cold feet.

give (someone) the cold shoulder verb (also ˌcoldˈshoulder )

to show that one is unwilling to be friendly with (a person). All the neighbours gave her the cold shoulder; He cold-shouldered all his sister’s friends.

in cold blood

deliberately and unemotionally. He killed them in cold blood.

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cold

بَارِد, بارِد, زُكَام chladný, nachlazení, zima forkølelse, fryse, kold frieren, kalt, Kälte κρύο, κρύος frío, resfriado kylmä, kylmyys avoir froid, froid, rhume hladan, prehlada freddo, raffreddore 寒い, 寒さ 추운, 추위 koud, verkoudheid kald, kulde zimno, zimny, zmarznięty constipação, frio, resfriado, ter frio замерзнувший, простуда, холодный kall, kyla เย็น, หนาว, หวัด soğuk, soğuk algınlığı, üşümek cảm cúm, lạnh 冷的, 感冒

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cold

n. catarro; resfriado; [weather] frío;

v.

to be ___tener frío;

it is ___hace frío;

a [temperature] frío-a;

___ -bloodedde sangre fría o de temperatura muy baja;

___ creamcrema, pomada facial;

___ packcompresa fría;

___ soreúlcera de herpes simple;

___ sweatsudor frío.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

  • I’m cold
  • It’s freezing (US)
    It’s freezing cold (UK)
  • Will it be cold tonight?
  • The showers are cold
  • The room is too cold
  • The food is too cold
  • The meat is cold
  • I’d like something for a cold
  • I have a cold
  • I feel cold

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cold

adj frío; to be — tener frío, (the weather) hacer frío; Are you cold?.. ¿Tiene frío?; to feel — sentir frío; n frío; (illness) catarro, resfriado; chest — bronquitis (aguda), resfriado de pecho; common — catarro or resfriado común; head — resfriado de cabeza, catarro que afecta los senos paranasales; to catch a — resfriarse; to have a — estar resfriado, tener catarro

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Other forms: colder; coldest; colds

Cold is the opposite of hot. It can refer to temperature, passion, friendliness, and even your personality.

All cold things are icy in some way. Your tea can be cold, and someone can be cold to you. If a play leaves you cold, you don’t like it. If police find a criminal’s trail has gone cold, they’re out of clues. If you’re searching for something, and someone tells you you’re «very cold,» it means you’re not very close to the prize. A cold is also the infection that gives you a runny nose and sore throat.

Definitions of cold

  1. adjective

    having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

    “a
    cold climate”

    “a
    cold room”

    “dinner has gotten
    cold

    cold fingers”

    “if you are
    cold, turn up the heat”

    Synonyms:

    frozen

    turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold

    acold

    of persons; feeling cold

    algid

    chilly

    arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar

    extremely cold

    bleak, cutting, raw

    unpleasantly cold and damp

    chilly, parky

    appreciably or disagreeably cold

    crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy

    pleasantly cold and invigorating

    frigorific

    causing cold; cooling or chilling

    frore

    very cold

    frosty, rimed, rimy

    covered with frost

    heatless

    without generating heat

    ice-cold

    as cold as ice

    refrigerant, refrigerating

    causing cooling or freezing

    refrigerated

    made or kept cold by refrigeration

    shivery

    cold enough to cause shivers

    stone-cold

    completely cold

    unheated, unwarmed

    not having been heated or warmed

    cool

    neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat

    see moresee less

    Antonyms:

    hot

    used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

    baking, baking hot

    as hot as if in an oven

    blistering, blistery

    hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters

    calefacient, warming

    producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body

    calefactive, calefactory

    serving to heat

    calorifacient

    producing heat; usually used of foods

    calorific

    heat-generating

    fervent, fervid, scalding, searing

    extremely hot

    fiery, igneous

    like or suggestive of fire

    heatable

    capable of becoming hot

    heated, heated up, het, het up

    made warm or hot (`het’ is a dialectal variant of `heated’)

    hottish

    somewhat hot

    overheated

    heated beyond a safe or desirable point

    red-hot

    glowing red with heat

    scorching

    hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface

    sizzling

    hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound

    stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous, sultry

    characterized by oppressive heat and humidity

    sweltering, sweltry

    excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness

    thermal

    caused by or designed to retain heat

    torrid

    extremely hot

    tropic, tropical

    of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics

    white, white-hot

    glowing white with heat

    warm

    having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

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  2. adjective

    lacking the warmth of life

    cold in his grave”

    Synonyms:

    dead

    no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

  3. “come in out of the
    cold

    cold is a vasoconstrictor”

    synonyms:

    coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature

  4. noun

    the sensation produced by low temperatures

    “he shivered from the
    cold

    “the
    cold helped clear his head”

    synonyms:

    coldness

  5. adjective

    extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion

    “a
    cold unfriendly nod”

    “a
    cold and unaffectionate person”

    “a
    cold impersonal manner”

    cold logic”

    “the concert left me
    cold

    Synonyms:

    emotionless, passionless

    unmoved by feeling

    frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry

    devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain

    passionless

    not passionate

    cool

    psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike

  6. adjective

    feeling or showing no enthusiasm

    “a
    cold audience”

    “a
    cold response to the new play”

    Synonyms:

    unenthusiastic

    not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor

  7. adjective

    sexually unresponsive

    “was
    cold to his advances”

    Synonyms:

    unloving

    not giving or reciprocating affection

  8. adjective

    without compunction or human feeling

    “in
    cold blood”

    cold-blooded killing”

    synonyms:

    cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate

    inhumane

    reflecting lack of pity or compassion

  9. adjective

    lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

    synonyms:

    dusty, moth-eaten, stale

    unoriginal

    not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual

  10. adjective

    having lost freshness through passage of time

    “a
    cold trail”

    “dogs attempting to catch a
    cold scent”

    Synonyms:

    stale

    lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age

  11. adjective

    of a seeker; far from the object sought

    Synonyms:

    far

    located at a great distance in time or space or degree

  12. adjective

    (color) giving no sensation of warmth

    “a
    cold bluish grey”

    Synonyms:

    cool

    (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets

  13. adjective

    marked by errorless familiarity

    “had her lines
    cold before rehearsals started”

    Synonyms:

    perfect

    being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish

  14. adjective

    so intense as to be almost uncontrollable

    cold fury gripped him”

    Synonyms:

    intense

    possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

  15. adjective

    unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication

    “the boxer was out
    cold

    “pass out
    cold

    Synonyms:

    unconscious

    not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead

  16. noun

    a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)

    “will they never find a cure for the common
    cold?”

    synonyms:

    common cold

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