cold
adjective
- Having or being a temperature that is uncomfortably low for humans
"it is cold outside today"
- Having a relatively low temperature or one lower than normal or expected
"the bath water has gotten cold"
- Marked by a lack of the warmth of normal human emotion, friendliness, or compassion
"a cold stare"
- Not colored or affected by personal feeling or bias detached, indifferent
"cold chronicles recorded by an outsider"
- Marked by sure familiarity pat
"had her lines cold weeks before opening night"
- Depressing, gloomy
"cold gray skies"
- Cool
- Marked by the loss of normal body heat
"cold hands"
- Giving the appearance of being dead unconscious
"passed out cold"
- Having lost freshness or vividness stale
"dogs trying to pick up a cold scent"
- Far off the mark not close to finding or solving
- Marked by poor or unlucky performance
"the team's shooting turned cold in the second half"
- Not prepared or suitably warmed up
"The player's sub entered the game cold."
noun
- Bodily sensation produced by loss or lack of heat
"they died of the cold"
- A condition of low temperature
"extremes of heat and cold"
- A bodily disorder popularly associated with chilling
adverb
- With utter finality absolutely, completely
"turned down cold"
- Without introduction or advance notice
"walked in cold to apply for a job"
- Without preparation or warm-up
"was asked to perform the solo cold"
adjective
- Done or acting without consideration, compunction, or clemency
"cold-blooded murder"
- Matter-of-fact, emotionless
"a cold-blooded assessment"
- Having cold blood
- Of mixed or inferior breeding
- Noticeably sensitive to cold
noun
- A telephone call soliciting business made directly to a potential customer without prior contact or without a lead
noun
- Money in hand
noun
- A chisel made of tool steel of a strength, shape, and temper suitable for chipping or cutting cold metal
noun
- Quite limited sympathy, consolation, or encouragement
noun
- A soothing and cleansing cosmetic
plural noun
- Sliced assorted cold cooked meats
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