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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.
Idiom: 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.
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.
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.
Antonym: hot
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Coldness
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- (There was) a certain coldness, like that of a spinster about her —Boris Pasternak
- Behave exactly like a block of ice —Noël Coward, lyrics for “I’m So In Love”
- The chill in the air was like a constant infinitely small shudder —M. J. Farrell
- (Some laughs are as) cold and meaningless as yesterday’s buckwheat pancake —Josh Billings
In Billings’ phonetic dialect ‘as’ was written as ‘az.’
- Cold as a dead man’s nose —William Shakespeare
- Cold as a fish —American colloquialism, attributed to New England
- Cold as a fish caught through the ice —F. van Wyck Mason
- Cold as a hole in the ice —Bertold Brecht
- (It grew as) cold as a key —Thomas Heywood
- Cold as a lizzard —Walter Savage Landor
In one of Landor’s Conversation pieces, he has Fra Filippo Lippi commenting to Pope Eugenius IV that while an ordinary person could use an expression like “Cold as ice, a true poet would reach for more originality.” The above is one suggestion, “Cold as a lobster” is another.
- Cold as a miser’s heart —Donald Seaman
- [A smile] cold as a moan —Marge Piercy
- Cold as a murder’s heart —Richard Ford
- Cold as an igloo —Reynolds Price
- Cold as any stone —William Shakespeare
- Cold … as a pane of glass —Reynolds Price
- Cold as a snowman’s dick —William H. Gass
- (A kiss) cold as bacon —Joyce Cary
- Cold as charity —Anon
An English phrase in use since the seventeenth century.
- Cold as coldest hell —Sylvia Berkman
In a short story entitled Who Killed Cock Robin, the simile describes a character’s personality and continues as follows: “Cruel to every fingernail, and invariably polite.”
- Cold as dew to dropping leaves —Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Cold as fears —Algernon Charles Swinburne
- (I felt as) cold as Finnegan’s feet (the day they buried him) —Raymond Chandler
- Cold as if I had swallowed snowballs —William Shakespeare
A variation of this snowball simile from The Merry Wives of Windsor is from another Shakespeare play, Pericles: “She sent him away as cold as a snowball.”
- (Your heart would be as heavy and) cold as iron shackles —George Garrett
- Cold as Monday morning’s barrenness —F. D. Reeve
- Cold as moonlight —Yvor Winters
- (Face) cold as newsprint —Philip Levine
- (Eyes) cold as river ice —Davis Grubb
- Cold as snakes —American colloquialism, attributed to Northeast
- (Men) cold as spring water —Julia O’Faolain
- (The wet air was as …) cold as the ashes of love —Raymond Chandler
- Cold as the cold between the stars —Terry Bisson
- Cold as the north side of a grave stone in winter —Proverb
- Cold as the snow —Lewis J. Bates
- Cold as the tomb of Christ —Maxwell Anderson
- Colder than a banker’s heart —William Diehl
- Colder than a dead lamb’s tail —Anon
- Colder than a lawyer’s heart —George V. Higgins
- Colder than a witch’s tits —American colloquialism, attributed to the South
Like many regional expressions that gained national currency during World War II, this one is often referred to as an Army expression.
- (It was) colder than ice —Hans Christian Andersen
Whether used as a pure simile “Cold as ice” or as cited above, the linking of snow and ice to cold has become as “Common as snowflakes in winter.” A story in the January 23, 1987 edition of the New York Times about a planned freedom march in Atlanta was highlighted with a blurb stating “We are going to march if it’s cold as ice … “proving once again that even without a new twist, a simile usually wins the spotlight.
- Cold like a sea mist and as ungraspable —Sylvia Townsend Warner
- Cold [in manner] like Christmas morning —Grace Paley
- The cold was like a sleep —Wallace Stevens
- The cold was like a thick vast sleep —Davis Grubb
- Cool and smooth, like the breath of an air conditioner —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Cool as a snowbank —Louisa May Alcott
- (Her bare arms and shoulders felt as) cool as marble —Leo Tolstoy
- (Skin) cool as steel —Elizabeth Hardwick
- (Voice) cool as water on shaded rocks —Beryl Markham
- Could feel the cold climbing up his ankles like ships’ rats —Penelope Gilliatt
- Hardened her heart, like God had hardened Pharaoh’s heart against the Jews —Daphne Merkin
The simile was particularly appropriate in Enchantment, a novel about an orthodox Jewish family.
- A heart as cold as English toast —Harry Prince
- It [television show] was hard as fiberglass —Norman Mailer
- My flesh was frozen for an inch below my skin, it was as if I were wearing icy armour —Rebecca West
- Unresponding … like a wall —D. H. Lawrence
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Noun 1. coldness - the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"
temperature - the somatic sensation of cold or heat
2. coldness - a lack of affection or enthusiasm; "a distressing coldness of tone and manner"
emotionlessness, unemotionality - absence of emotion
stone - a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"
lukewarmness, tepidness - lack of passion, force or animation
3. coldness - the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
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)
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"
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coldness
nounRelative lack of physical warmth:
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Translations
بِبُرودَهبرودة
chlad
kulde
kuldi; fálæti
hladnost
duygusuzluksoğukluk
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coldness
[ˈkəʊldnɪs] n (physical) [hands, feet, body, skin] → froideur f; [water, air] → froideur f; [weather, winter, day] → froideur f
(emotional) [person] → froideur f; [voice, eyes] → froideur fcold shoulder n
to give sb the cold shoulder → battre froid à qncold-shoulder [ˌkəʊldˈʃəʊldər] vt [+ person] → battre froid àcold snap n → vague f de froid (de courte durée)cold sore n → bouton m de fièvre cold storage n
to give sb the cold shoulder → battre froid à qncold-shoulder [ˌkəʊldˈʃəʊldər] vt [+ person] → battre froid àcold snap n → vague f de froid (de courte durée)cold sore n → bouton m de fièvre cold storage n
to keep sth in cold storage [+ food] → mettre qch en chambre froide
to put sth into cold storage, to put sth in cold storage [+ idea, book, scheme] → mettre qch en attente cold store n (British) (= building) → entrepôt m frigorifique (= room) → chambre f froide cold sweat n
to be in a cold sweat → avoir des sueurs froides
to be in a cold sweat about sth → avoir des sueurs froides au sujet de qchcold turkey n
to go cold turkey → décrocher
to be cold turkey → être en manque Cold War n
the Cold War → la guerre froide
to be in a cold sweat → avoir des sueurs froides
to be in a cold sweat about sth → avoir des sueurs froides au sujet de qchcold turkey n
to go cold turkey → décrocher
to be cold turkey → être en manque Cold War n
the Cold War → la guerre froide
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coldness
n (lit, fig) → Kälte f; (of answer, reception, welcome) → betonte Kühle ; the unexpected coldness of the weather → die unerwartete Kälte ; the coldness with which they planned the murder → die Kaltblütigkeit, mit der sie den Mord planten
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cold
(kəuld) adjective1. low in temperature. cold water; cold meat and salad. koue بارِد студен frio studený kalt kold κρύος frío külm سرد kylmä froid קר ठंडा hladan hideg dingin kaldur freddo 冷たい 차가운 šaltas, šaldytas auksts sejuk koud kald zimny ساړه يخنى: بى مينې: سوړ والګى frio rece холодный studený hladen hladan kall เย็น soğuk 冷的,涼的 холодний درجۂ حرارت میں کم lạnh; nguội 冷的
2. lower in temperature than is comfortable. I feel cold. koud مَقْرور хладен frio chladný kalt kold; kølig που κρυώνει frío jahe سرد kylmä froid קר इतना कम तापमान जिससे दिक्कत हो hladan, prozebao hideg dingin kaldur freddo 寒い 추운 sušalęs auksts sejuk koud kald, kjølig zmarznięty ساړه frio frig замёрзший chladno, zima hladen hladno kall, frusen หนาวเย็น üşümüş 寒冷 прохолодний ٹھنڈا ، خنک lạnh 寒冷
3. unfriendly. His manner was cold. koudheid, onvriendelik فاتِر، بارِد الشُّعور неприветлив frio chladný, neosobní kalt kold; kølig ψυχρός frío kalk غیر دوستانه epäystävällinen froid צונן निरुत्साह hladan, neprijazan hűvös dingin kaldur freddo よそよそしい 냉정한 šaltas, nedraugiškas vēss; nelaipns; nejūtīgs dingin koud kald, kjølig, uvennlig zimny, chłodny نامهربان ، بې صميميته: دښمن frio rece, neprietenos неприветливый chladný hladen nepristupačan kylig, kall ไม่เป็นมิตร soğuk, arkadaşça duygulardan yoksun 冷淡的 непривітний, сухий بے اعتنائی ، رکھائی lạnh lùng 冷淡的
noun1. 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. koue بُرودة ،بُرودَةُ، الشُّعور студ frio zima, chlad die Kälte kulde κρύο, ψύχος frío külm(us) سرما kylmyys froid קור ठंड studen, hladnoća hideg dingin kuldi freddo 寒さ 추위 šaltis aukstums kesejukan koude kulde chłód, zimno سړما frio frig холод chlad, zima mraz hladnoća kyla, köld ความหนาวเย็น soğuk, soğuk hava 寒冷,低溫 холод بے حسی sự lạnh 寒冷
2. an illness with running nose, coughing etc. He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold. verkoue زُكام، رَشِح настинка resfriado nachlazení, rýma die Erkältung forkølelse κρυολόγημα, συνάχι resfriado külmetus سرماخوردگی nuha rhume הצטננות जुकाम prehlada nátha selesma kvef raffreddore かぜ 감기 peršalimas saaukstēšanās selsema verkoudheid forkjølelse przeziębienie ریزش constipação răceală простуда nádcha prehlad prehlada förkylning ไข้หวัด soğuk algınlığı 感冒,傷風 застуда زکام cảm lạnh 感冒
ˈcoldly adverb in an unfriendly way. She looked at me coldly. koud بِبُرود، بِفُتور студено friamente chladně kalt koldt; køligt ψυχρά fríamente külmalt با سردی kylmästi froidement בִּקְרִירוּת बिना उत्साह के hladno, ravnodušno barátságtalanul secara dingin kuldalega freddamente 冷たく 차갑게, 냉정하게 šaltai, nedraugiškai vēsi; nelaipni; nejūtīgi gaya dingin koud kjølig, uvennlig chłodno د ساره سره friamente cu răceală неприветливо chladno hladno hladno kyligt, kallt อย่างไร้อารมณ์ความรู้สึก soğuk soğuk 冷淡地 холодно; непривітно بے رخی سے lạnh nhạt 冷淡地
ˈcoldness noun koue بِبُرودَه студенина frieza chlad(nost) die Kälte kulde ψυχρότητα frialdad külmus سرما kylmyys froideur קרירות उपेक्षा hladnoća, ravnodušnost hidegség dingin kuldi; fálæti freddezza 冷たさ 차가움, 냉정함 šaltumas, nedraugiškumas aukstums; vēsums; vienaldzība kesejukan afstandelijkheid kulde; kjølighet, uvennlighet chłód ساړه frieza răceală неприветливость chlad hlad hladnoća kyla, köld, kallsinnighet ความเย็น soğukluk, duygusuzluk 冷淡 холод; холодність بے رخی ، روکھا پن sự lạnh; sự lạnh nhạt 冷淡
ˌcold-ˈblooded adjective1. having blood (like that of a fish) which takes the same temperature as the surroundings of the body. cold-blooded creatures. koudbloedige ذو دَم بارِد студенокръвен de sangue frio studenokrevný kaltblütig koldblodet ψυχρόαιμος de sangre fría kõigusoojane خونسرد vaihtolämpöinen à sang froid בַּעֲלֵי דָם קָר असमतापी hladnokrvan hidegvérű berdarah dingin með köldu blóði a sangue freddo 冷血の 냉혈의 šaltakraujis aukstasiņu- (par dzīvnieku) berdarah sejuk koudbloedig kaldblodig zimnokrwisty سړه وینه de sangue frio cu sânge rece холоднокровный studenokrvný mrzlokrven hladne krvi kallblodig เกี่ยวกับสัตว์เลือดเย็น soğukkanlı 冷血的 холоднокровний خون کے درجۂ حرارت مین ارد گرد سے مطابقت رکھنے والاے جانور máu lạnh 冷血的
2. cruel and unfeeling. cold-blooded murder. koelbloedig قاسٍ، بِدَم بارِد коравосърдечен desalmado chladnokrevný kaltblütig koldblodigt σκληρός, ασυγκίνητος insensible külmavereline سنگدل؛ بی رحم kylmäverinen sans pitié רֶצַח בְּדָם קָר निर्दयी hladnokrvan hidegvérű kejam grimmur, tilfinningalaus spietato 冷酷な 잔인한 žiaurus nežēlīgs ganas koelbloedig hardhjertet, kaldblodig bezlitosny, okrutny بی رحمه desalmado fără milă хладнокровный chladnokrvný hladnokrven hladnokrvan kallblodig ไร้ความปราณี merhametsiz, acımasız 無情的 байдужий, нечутливий ظام ، سفاک tàn nhẫn 无情的
cold war a major, especially political, struggle between nations which involves military threats but not fighting. koue oorlog, gewapende vrede حَرْبُ بارِدَه пол. студена война guerra fria studená válka Kalter Krieg kold krig ψυχρός πόλεμος guerra fría külm sõda جنگ سرد kylmä sota guerre froide מִלחֲמָה קָרָה शीतयुद्ध hladni rat hidegháború perang dingin kalt stríð guerra fredda 冷戦 냉전 šaltasis karas aukstais karš perang dingin koude oorlog kald krig zimna wojna ساړه جګړی guerra fria război rece холодная война studená vojna hladna vojna hladni rat kallt krig สงครามเย็น soğuk harp 冷戰 холодна війна سرد جنگ chiến tranh lạnh 冷战
get cold feet to lose courage. I was going to apply for the job but I got cold feet. koue voete يَفْقِد الشَّجاعَه، يَخاف страхувам се desanimar ztratit odvahu Muffensausen kriegen få kolde fødder δειλιάζω entrarle miedo a alguien verest välja minema ترسیدن jänistää se dégonfler לְקַבֵּל רָגלָייִם קָרוֹת इच्छा खोना izgubiti hrabrost be van gyulladva gentar missa kjarkinn avere paura おじけづく 주눅들다 bijoti, nedrįsti (rizikuoti) nobīties; zaudēt drosmi kecut hati bang worden få kalde føtter, miste motet dostawać pietra بی غیرت،ترسو desanimar a da înapoi струсить stratiť odvahu ustrašiti se uplašiti se få kalla fötter, bli skraj ความกลัว cesaretini yitirmek, korkmak 喪失勇氣 злякатися ہمت ہار دینا sợ hãi 丧失勇气
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. die rug toekeer يُعامِلُ بِجَفاء، يَتَنَكَّر игнорирам tratar com frieza přezírat, nevšímat si, chovat se chladně die kalte Schulter zeigen give den kolde skulder σνομπάρω, αρνούμαι να είμαι φιλικός tratar a alguien con frialdad (kedagi) külmalt kohtlema بی اعتنایی کردن؛ کم محلی کردن osoittaa haluttomuutensa ystävystyä se montrer froid envers qqn לְהָפגִין יָחַס צוֹנֵן गरमजोशी नहीं दिखाना držati se hladno félvállról beszél vkivel tidak ramah sÿna kulda, hunsa essere freddo con qualcuno よそよそしくする 쌀쌀하게 대하다 būti nedraugiškam, elgtis nedraugiškai izturēties vēsi/nedraudzīgi bersikap dingin terhadap seseorang links laten liggen gi noen en kald skulder, avvise potraktować zimno پام نه نيونه tratar com frieza a se purta cu răceală (cu cineva) встречать кого-л. холодно chladne sa chovať zavrniti koga ignorisati behandla kyligt, ignorera อาการเมินเฉย soğuk davranmak, yüz vermemek 對人冷淡 холодно приймати, зустрічати кого مردہ دلی سے بے اعتنائی سے đối xử lạnh nhạt (表示)冷淡
in cold blood deliberately and unemotionally. He killed them in cold blood. koelbloedig, met voorbedagte rade بِدَم بارِد хладнокръвно a sangue frio chladnokrevně kaltblütig med koldt blod εν ψυχρώ a sangre fría külmavereliselt تعمدی و بی رحمانه kylmäverisesti de sang-froid בְּדָם קָר निर्दयतापूर्वक hladnokrvan hidegvérrel tanpa perasaan miskunnarlaust, með köldu blóði a sangue freddo 冷酷に 냉혹하게 šaltakraujiškai iepriekš apsverot; nežēlīgi tidak berperasaan in koelen bloede med kaldt blod z zimną krwią بی رحمانه a sangue frio cu sânge rece хладнокровно chladnokrvne hladnokrvno hladnokrvno med kallt blod, kallblodigt อย่างสุขุม merhametsizce, gözünü kırpmadan 殘忍地 холоднокровно, обдумано جو ش سے خالی ، قصداً chủ tâm 残忍地
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coldness
n. frialdad.
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