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   Cold

   /kōld/

   

   adjective

   • 1. of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body: "a freezing cold day" Similar chillycoolfreezingicysnowyicy-coldglacialwintrycrispfrostyfrigidbitterbitterly coldbitingpiercingnumbingsharprawpolararcticSiberianinformal:nippybrass monkeysparkyBalticliterary:chillrare:hyperboreanborealhibernalhiemalgelidbrumalOpposite hot
   • ▪ (of a person) feeling uncomfortably cold: "she was cold, and I put some more wood on the fire" Similar chillychilledcoolfreezingfrozenfrozen stifffrozen/chilled to the bone/marrowshiverynumbedbenumbedsuffering from hypothermiahypothermicsuffering from exposureOpposite hot
   • ▪ (of food or drink) served or consumed without being heated or after cooling: "a cold drink"
   • ▪ feeling or characterized by fear or horror: "a cold shiver of fear"
   • ▪ unconscious: informal "she was out cold"
   • ▪ dead: "lying cold and stiff in a coffin"
   • 2. lacking affection or warmth of feeling; unemotional: "how cold and calculating he was" Similar unfriendlycoolinhospitableunwelcomingunsympatheticforbiddingstonyfrigidfrostyglaciallukewarmhaughtysuperciliousdisdainfulaloofdistantremoteindifferentreservedwithdrawnuncommunicativeunresponsiveunfeelingunemotionaldispassionatepassionlesswoodenimpersonalformalstiffausterecold-bloodedcold-heartedstony-heartedinformal:standoffishoffishrare:gelidOpposite warmfriendly
   • ▪ not affected by emotion; objective: "cold statistics"
   • ▪ sexually unresponsive; frigid: "Elise was cold and barren"
   • ▪ depressing or dispiriting; not suggestive of warmth: "a cold light streamed through the window"
   • ▪ (of a color) containing pale blue or gray.
   • ▪ ineffective in playing a game: "Butler capitalized on Xavier's cold shooting"
   • 3. (of the scent or trail of a hunted person or animal) no longer fresh and easy to follow: "the trail went cold"
   • ▪ (in children's games) far from finding or guessing what is sought, as opposed to warm or nearing success.
   • 4. without preparation or rehearsal; unawares: "going into the test cold"

   noun

   • 1. a low temperature, especially in the atmosphere; cold weather; a cold environment: "my teeth chattered with the cold"
   • 2. a common viral infection in which the mucous membrane of the nose and throat becomes inflamed, typically causing running at the nose, sneezing, a sore throat, and other similar symptoms: "Suzie's got a cold"

   adverb

   • 1. completely; entirely: informal North American "she knew world capitals cold by age nine"

   Word Origin Old Englishcald, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koud and German kalt, also to Latin gelu ‘frost’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. coldish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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