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 |
cold
Adjective
1. low in temperature: the cold March wind, cans of cold beer
2. not hot enough: eat your food before it gets cold!
3. lacking in affection or enthusiasm
4. not affected by emotion: the cold truth
5. dead
6. (of a trail or scent in hunting) faint
7. (of a colour) giving the impression of coldness
8. Slang unconscious
9. Informal (of a seeker) far from the object of a search
10. denoting the contacting of potential customers without previously approaching them to establish their interest: cold mailing
11. cold comfort little or no comfort
12. have or get cold feet to be or become fearful or reluctant
13. in cold blood deliberately and without mercy
14. leave someone cold Informal to fail to excite or impress someone
15. throw cold water on Informal to discourage
Noun
1. the absence of heat
2. a viral infection of the nose and throat characterized by catarrh and sneezing
3. the sensation caused by loss or lack of heat
4. (out) in the cold Informal neglected or ignored
Adverb
Informal unrehearsed or unprepared: he played his part cold [Old English ceald]
coldly adv
coldness n
coldness n
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.
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.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  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?"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" 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" | |
| 3. | cold - 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 | |
| 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" 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" unloving - not giving or reciprocating affection | |
| 9. | cold - without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" 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" |
cold
adjective 1. chilly, biting, freezing, bitter, raw, chill, harsh, bleak, arctic, icy, frosty, wintry, frigid, inclement, parky Brit. (informal) cool << OPPOSITE hot
adjective 3. distant, reserved, indifferent, aloof, glacial, cold-blooded, apathetic, frigid, unresponsive, unfeeling, passionless, undemonstrative, standoffish << OPPOSITE emotional
adjective 4. unfriendly, indifferent, stony, lukewarm, glacial, unmoved, unsympathetic, apathetic, frigid, inhospitable, unresponsive << OPPOSITE friendly
Translations
cold [kəuld] adj → frío
n → frío;
(MED) → resfriado;
the room's getting cold → está empezando a hacer frío en la habitación;
cold [kəuld] adj → froid(e)
n → froid m;
(Med) → rhume m;
to catch a cold → s'enrhumer, attraper un rhume;
cold [kəuld] adj → kalt;
n → Kälte f;
(Med) → Erkältung f;
to be/feel cold (person) → frieren;
in cold blood → kaltblütig;
cold [kəuld] adj → freddo/a
n → freddo;
(MED) → raffreddore m;
it's cold → fa freddo;
to catch a cold → prendere un raffreddore;
to give sb the cold shoulder → ignorare qn
adj cold [kəuld]
1 low in temperature cold water; cold meat and salad. koue بارِد студен studený kold kalt κρύος frío külm سرد kylmä froid קָר ठंडा hladan hideg dingin kaldur freddo 冷たい 차가운 šaltas, šaldytas auksts sejuk koud kald zimny frio rece холодный studený hladen hladan kall เย็น soğuk 冷 холодний درجۂ حرارت میں کم lạnh; nguội 冷
2 lower in temperature than is comfortable I feel cold. koud مَقْرور хладен chladný kold; kølig kalt που κρυώνει frío jahe سرد viluinen froid קָר इतना कम तापमान जिससे दिक्कत हो hladan, prozebao hideg dingin kaldur freddo 寒い 추운 sušalęs auksts sejuk koud kald, kjølig zmarznięty 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 chladný, neosobní kold; kølig kalt ψυχρός frío kalk غیر دوستانه kylmäkiskoinen froid צוֹנֵן निरुत्साह hladan, neprijazan hűvös dingin kaldur freddo よそよそしい 냉담한 šaltas, nedraugiškas vēss; nelaipns; nejūtīgs dingin koud kald, kjølig, uvennlig zimny, chłodny frio rece, neprietenos неприветливый chladný hladen nepristupačan kylig, kall เยือกเย็น soğuk, arkadaşça duygulardan yoksun 冷淡的 непривітний, сухий بے اعتنائی ، رکھائی lạnh lùng 冷淡的
n
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. koue بُرودة ،بُرودَةُ، الشُّعور студ zima, chlad kulde die Kälte κρύο, ψύχος frío külm(us) سرما kylmyys froid קוֹר ठंड studen, hladnoća hideg dingin kuldi freddo 寒さ 추위, 한기, 냉기 šaltis aukstums kesejukan koude kulde chłód, zimno frio frig холод chlad, zima mraz hladnoća kyla, köld ความหนาวเย็น soğuk, soğuk hava 寒冷 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 nachlazení, rýma forkølelse die Erkältung κρυολόγημα, συνάχι resfriado külmetus سرماخوردگی vilustuminen rhume הִצטָנֵנוּת जुकाम prehlada nátha selesma kvef raffreddore かぜ 감기 peršalimas saaukstēšanās selsema verkoudheid forkjølelse przeziębienie constipação răceală простуда nádcha prehlad prehlada förkylning ไข้หวัด soğuk algınlığı 感冒 застуда زکام cảm lạnh 感冒
adv coldly
in an unfriendly way She looked at me coldly. koud بِبُرود، بِفُتور студено chladně koldt; køligt kalt ψυχρά fríamente külmalt با سردی kylmästi froidement בִּקְרִירוּת बिना उत्साह के hladno, ravnodušno barátságtalanul secara dingin kuldalega freddamente 冷たく 차갑게, 냉담하게 šaltai, nedraugiškai vēsi; nelaipni; nejūtīgi gaya dingin koud kjølig, uvennlig chłodno 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
n coldness
koue بِبُرودَه студенина chlad(nost) kulde die Kälte ψυχρότητα frialdad külmus سرما kylmyys froideur קְרִירוּת उपेक्षा hladnoća, ravnodušnost hidegség dingin kuldi; fálæti freddezza 冷たさ 차가움, 냉담 šaltumas, nedraugiškumas aukstums; vēsums; vienaldzība kesejukan afstandelijkheid kulde; kjølighet, uvennlighet chłód frieza răceală неприветливость chlad hlad hladnoća kyla, köld, kallsinnighet ความเย็น soğukluk, duygusuzluk 寒冷 холод; холодність بے رخی ، روکھا پن sự lạnh; sự lạnh nhạt 寒冷
adj cold-ˈblooded
1 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 studenokrevný koldblodet kaltblütig 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 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 chladnokrevný koldblodigt kaltblütig 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 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 studená válka kold krig Kalter Krieg 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 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 ztratit odvahu få kolde fødder Muffensausen kriegen 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 겁먹다 bijoti, nedrįsti (rizikuoti) nobīties; zaudēt drosmi kecut hati bang worden få kalde føtter, miste motet dostawać pietra 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
v give (someone) the cold shoulder
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 přezírat, nevšímat si, chovat se chladně give den kolde skulder die kalte Schulter zeigen σνομπάρω, αρνούμαι να είμαι φιλικός tratar a alguien con frialdad (kedagi) külmalt kohtlema بی اعتنایی کردن؛ کم محلی کردن kääntää selkänsä jollekulle 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 냉대하다, 무시하다 būti nedraugiškam, elgtis nedraugiškai izturēties vēsi/nedraudzīgi bersikap dingin terhadap seseorang links laten liggen gi noen en kald skulder, avvise potraktować zimno 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 (表示)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 chladnokrevně med koldt blod kaltblütig 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 태연하게, 냉혹하게 šaltakraujiškai iepriekš apsverot; nežēlīgi tidak berperasaan in koelen bloede med kaldt blod z zimną krwią 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 蓄意残忍地
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