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Defenition of the word cold

    • Defenition of the word cold

      • A condition of low temperature.
      • Having a low temperature.
      • A contagious, viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system; common symptoms include cough, sore throat, runny nose, nasal congestion and sneezing.
      • Psychologically distant; without human warmth or emotion.
      • (color) giving no sensation of warmth.
      • Sexually unresponsive.
      • Without compunction or human feeling.
      • lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"
      • of a seeker; far from the object sought
      • unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
      • having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
      • used of physical coldness; 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"
      • 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"
      • so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him"
      • marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
      • (color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish gray"
      • without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
      • the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the colda"; "the cold helped clear his head"
      • a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"
      • feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"; "a cool reply to the invitation"
      • sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
      • no longer new; uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news"
      • the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"
      • the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
      • the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"
      • feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
      • used of physical coldness; 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 u
      • the absence of heat
      • the sensation produced by low temperatures
      • a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
      • lacking the warmth of life
      • unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
      • feeling or showing no enthusiasm
      • having lost freshness through passage of time
      • having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
      • extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
      • without compunction or human feeling
      • sexually unresponsive
      • so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
      • lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
      • marked by errorless familiarity
      • (color) giving no sensation of warmth

    Synonyms for the word cold

      • aloof
      • arctic
      • bitter
      • chill
      • chilly
      • cold-blooded
      • coldness
      • common cold
      • cool
      • detached
      • distant
      • formal
      • freezing
      • frigid
      • frost
      • frosty
      • frozen
      • iciness
      • icy
      • indifferent
      • inhuman
      • insensate
      • low temperature
      • remote
      • stale
      • unfeeling
      • winter
      • wintry
      • wintry weather

    Similar words in the cold

      • acold
      • algid
      • arctic
      • bleak
      • chilled
      • cold
      • colder
      • coldest
      • coldly
      • coldness
      • coldness's
      • colds
      • cool
      • crisp
      • cutting
      • dead
      • emotionless
      • far
      • freezing
      • frigid
      • frigorific
      • frore
      • frosted
      • frosty
      • frozen
      • gelid
      • glacial
      • heatless
      • ice-cold
      • iced
      • icy
      • inhumane
      • intense
      • nipping
      • nippy
      • old
      • parky
      • passionless
      • perfect
      • polar
      • raw
      • refrigerant
      • refrigerated
      • refrigerating
      • rimed
      • rimy
      • shivering
      • shivery
      • snappy
      • stale
      • stone-cold
      • unconscious
      • unenthusiastic
      • unheated
      • unloving
      • unwarmed
      • wintry

    Hyponyms for the word cold

      • chill
      • chilliness
      • cool
      • coolness
      • frostiness
      • gelidity
      • head cold
      • iciness
      • nip

    Hypernyms for the word cold

      • communicable disease
      • pressor
      • respiratory disease
      • respiratory disorder
      • respiratory illness
      • temperature
      • vasoconstrictive
      • vasoconstrictor

    Antonyms for the word cold

      • heat
      • high temperature
      • hot
      • hotness

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