cold
/koʊld/ adjective A1- Having a low temperature. · A cold wind whistled through the trees.
- Causing the air to be cold. · The forecast is that it will be very cold today.
- Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort. · She was so cold she was shivering.
- Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling. · She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.
- Chilled, filled with an uncomfortable sense of fear, dread, or alarm.
- Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial. · Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head.· He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him.
- Completely unprepared; without introduction. · He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.
- Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness. · I knocked him out cold.· After one more beer he passed out cold.
Comparative colder · Superlative coldest
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It is a very cold scent upon which the Metropolitan expert is generally asked to run.
When he put his hand on my shoulder as we were parting, it was like a father’s blessing before you go out into the cold, cruel world.”
Hot air isn’t as good as gas, for if the air should get cold the balloon would come down in the desert, and we should be lost.”
Dantès was alone in darkness and in silence—cold as the shadows that he felt breathe on his burning forehead.
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