cold (k ld)adj. cold·er, cold·est 1. a. Having a low temperature. b. Having a temperature lower than normal body temperature. c. Feeling no warmth; uncomfortably chilled. 2. a. Marked by deficient heat: a cold room. b. Being at a temperature that is less than what is required: cold oatmeal. c. Chilled by refrigeration or ice: cold beer. 3. Lacking emotion; objective: cold logic. 4. Having no appeal to the senses or feelings: a cold decor. 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. Designating a tone or color, such as pale gray, that suggests little warmth. 7. Having lost all freshness or vividness through passage of time: dogs attempting to catch a cold scent. 8. a. Marked by or sustaining a loss of body heat: cold hands and feet. b. Appearing to be dead; unconscious. c. Dead: was cold in his grave. 9. Marked by unqualified certainty or sure familiarity. 10. So intense as to be almost uncontrollable: cold fury. 11. 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. 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. [Middle English, from Old English ceald; see gel- in Indo-European roots.] 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. Antonym: hot |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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, nip - 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" |
Translations
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 f
cold shoulder n
to give sb the cold shoulder → battre froid à qn
cold-shoulder [ˌkəʊldˈʃəʊldər] vt [+ person] → battre froid à
cold snap n → vague f de froid (de courte durée)
cold sore n → bouton m de fièvre
cold storage n
cold shoulder n
to give sb the cold shoulder → battre froid à qn
cold-shoulder [ˌkəʊldˈʃəʊldər] vt [+ person] → battre froid à
cold 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 qch
cold turkey n
to go cold turkey → décrocher
to be cold turkey → être en manque
Cold War n
the Cold War → la guerre froide
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 qch
cold turkey n
to go cold turkey → décrocher
to be cold turkey → être en manque
Cold War n
the Cold War → la guerre froide
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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