| cold [a] |
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| 1) | 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" |
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| acold algid arctic bleak crisp cool frigorific frore frosty frozen ice-cold refrigerant shivery stone-cold unheated temperature hot heatless refrigerated |
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| 2) | 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" |
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| emotionless frigid cool passionless emotionalism hot |
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| 3) | having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent" |
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| stale |
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| 4) | (color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish gray" |
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| cool |
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| 5) | marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started" |
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| perfect |
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| 6) | no longer new; uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news" |
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| Synonyms : | stale |
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| old |
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| 7) | so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him" |
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| intense |
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| 8) | sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman" |
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| Synonyms : | frigid |
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| unloving |
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| 9) | without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" |
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| Synonyms : | cold-blooded inhuman insensate |
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| inhumane |
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| 10) | feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play" |
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| unenthusiastic |
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| 11) | unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold" |
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| 12) | of a seeker; far from the object sought |
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| far |
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| 13) | lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave" |
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| dead |
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| cold [n] |
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| 1) | a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?" |
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| Synonyms : | common_cold |
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| respiratory_disease communicable_disease head_cold rhinorrhea |
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| 2) | the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor" |
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| Synonyms : | coldness low_temperature |
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| temperature vasoconstrictive heat chill chilliness frostiness cool |
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| 3) | the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head" |
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| Synonyms : | coldness |
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| temperature |
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