ADJECTIVE | all | cold | having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration |
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all | cold | extended meanings | |
all | cold | having lost freshness through passage of time | |
all | cold | (color) giving no sensation of warmth | |
all | cold | marked by errorless familiarity | |
all | cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten | lacking originality or spontaneity | |
all | cold | so intense as to be almost uncontrollable | |
all | cold, frigid | sexually unresponsive | |
all | cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate | without compunction or human feeling | |
all | cold | feeling or showing no enthusiasm | |
all | cold | unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication | |
all | cold | of a seeker | |
all | cold | lacking the warmth of life | |
NOUN | state | cold, common cold | a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs) |
attribute | cold, coldness, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness | the absence of heat | |
cognition | cold, coldness | the sensation produced by low temperatures |
Sounds | kow'ld | |
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Rhymes | behold ... wold: 49 rhymes with owld... |
Meaning | Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration. | |
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Attribute of | temperature | The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment / environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) |
Narrower | acold | Of persons |
algid | Chilly | |
arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar | Extremely cold | |
bleak, cutting, raw | unpleasantly cold and damp | |
chilly, parky | appreciably or disagreeably cold | |
crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy | Pleasantly cold and invigorating | |
frigorific | Causing cold / cold | |
frore | Very cold | |
frosty, rimed, rimy | Covered with frost | |
heatless | Without generating heat | |
ice-cold | As cold as ice | |
refrigerant, refrigerating | Causing cooling or freezing | |
refrigerated | made or kept cold by refrigeration | |
shivery | Cold enough to cause shivers | |
stone-cold | Completely cold | |
unheated, unwarmed | not having been heated or warmed / warmed | |
See also | cool | Neither warm nor very cold |
frozen | Turned into ice | |
Opposite | hot | Used of physical heat / heat |
Spanish | frío | |
Catalan | fred | |
Nouns | cold | the absence of heat |
cold, coldness | the sensation produced by low temperatures |
Meaning | Extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion. | |
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Attribute of | emotionality, emotionalism | emotional nature or quality |
Narrower | emotionless, passionless | unmoved by feeling |
frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry | Devoid of warmth and cordiality | |
See also | cool | psychologically cool and unenthusiastic |
passionless | not passionate | |
Opposite | hot | Extended meanings |
Spanish | distante, frío | |
Catalan | distant, fred | |
Nouns | coldness | a lack of affection or enthusiasm |
Adverbs | coldly | in a cold unemotional manner |
Meaning | Having lost freshness through passage of time. | |
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Broader | stale | Lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age |
Spanish | pasado |
Meaning | (color) giving no sensation of warmth. | |
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Example | "a cold bluish grey" | |
Broader | cool | (color) inducing the impression of coolness |
Meaning | marked by errorless familiarity. | |
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Example | "had her lines cold before rehearsals started" | |
Broader | perfect | complete of its kind and without defect / defect / defect / defect or blemish |
Meaning | Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new. | |
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Synonyms | stale, dusty, moth-eaten | |
Broader | unoriginal | not original |
Spanish | anticuado, pasado, viejo | |
Catalan | antiquat, passat, vell |
Meaning | So intense as to be almost uncontrollable. | |
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Example | "cold fury gripped him" | |
Broader | intense | Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree |
Meaning | sexually unresponsive. | |
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Example | "was cold to his advances" | |
Synonym | frigid | |
Broader | unloving | not giving or reciprocating affection |
Spanish | frígido | |
Nouns | coldness | a lack of affection or enthusiasm |
Meaning | Without compunction or human feeling. | |
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Synonyms | cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate | |
Broader | inhumane | lacking and reflecting lack of pity / pity or compassion / compassion |
Spanish | desalmado, despiadado, frío, inhumano | |
Catalan | despietat, fred, inhumà |
Meaning | Feeling or showing no enthusiasm. | |
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Broader | unenthusiastic | not enthusiastic |
Nouns | coldness | a lack of affection or enthusiasm |
Meaning | unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication. | |
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Broader | unconscious | not conscious |
Meaning | Of a seeker; far from the object / object sought. | |
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Broader | far | Located at a great distance in time or space or degree / degree |
Spanish | frío | |
Catalan | fred |
Meaning | lacking the warmth of life. | |
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Example | "cold in his grave" | |
Broader | dead | no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life |
Meaning | A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs). | |
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Example | "will they never find a cure for the common cold?" | |
Synonym | common cold | |
Parts | rhinorrhea | persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold) |
Narrower | head cold | A common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache |
Broader | communicable disease | A disease that can be communicated from one person to another |
respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder | A disease affecting the respiratory system | |
Spanish | catarro, gripa, gripe, resfriado común, resfriado, resfriamiento | |
Catalan | refredat comú, refredat |
Meaning | The absence of heat. | |
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Synonyms | coldness, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness | |
Narrower | chill, iciness, gelidity | coldness due to a cold environment / environment |
chilliness, coolness, nip | The property of being moderately cold | |
cool | The quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature | |
frostiness | coldness as evidenced by frost | |
Broader | temperature | The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment / environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) |
vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor | Any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel | |
Opposite | hotness, heat, high temperature | The presence of heat |
Spanish | frío, temperatura baja | |
Catalan | fred, temperatura baixa | |
Adjectives | cold | having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration |
Meaning | The sensation produced by low temperatures. | |
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Synonym | coldness | |
Broader | temperature | The somatic sensation of cold or heat |
Spanish | frialdad, frío | |
Catalan | fred, fredor | |
Adjectives | cold | having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration |
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