cold
1. a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs) (Freq. 5) - will they never find a cure for the common cold? • Syn: common cold • Hypernyms: respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder, communicable disease • Hyponyms: head cold • Part Meronyms: rhinorrhea 2. the absence of heat (Freq. 5) - the coldness made our breath visible - come in out of the cold - cold is a vasoconstrictor • Syn: coldness, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness • Ant: hotness (for: coldness) • Hypernyms: temperature, vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor • Hyponyms: chill, iciness, gelidity, chilliness, coolness, nip, frostiness, cool 3. the sensation produced by low temperatures - he shivered from the cold - the cold helped clear his head • Syn: coldness • Derivationally related forms: cold (for: coldness) • Hypernyms: temperature
1. having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration (Freq. 35) - a cold climate - a cold room - dinner has gotten cold - cold fingers - if you are cold, turn up the heat - a cold beer • Ant: hot • Similar to: acold, algid, arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar, bleak, cutting, raw, chilly, parky, crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy, frigorific, frore, rimed, rimy, heatless, ice-cold, refrigerant, refrigerating, refrigerated, shivery, stone-cold, unheated, unwarmed • See Also: cool, frozen • Derivationally related forms: coldness • Attrubites: temperature 2. extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion (Freq. 13) - a cold unfriendly nod - a cold and unaffectionate person - a cold impersonal manner - cold logic - the concert left me cold • Ant: hot • Similar to: emotionless, passionless, frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry • See Also: cool, passionless • Derivationally related forms: coldness • Attrubites: emotionality, emotionalism 3. having lost freshness through passage of time (Freq. 1) - a cold trail - dogs attempting to catch a cold scent • Similar to: stale 4. (color) giving no sensation of warmth - a cold bluish grey • Similar to: cool 5. marked by errorless familiarity - had her lines cold before rehearsals started • Similar to: perfect 6. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new - moth-eaten theories about race - stale news • Syn: stale, dusty, moth-eaten • Similar to: unoriginal • Derivationally related forms: staleness (for: stale) 7. so intense as to be almost uncontrollable - cold fury gripped him • Similar to: intense 8. sexually unresponsive - was cold to his advances - a frigid woman • Syn: frigid • Similar to: unloving • Derivationally related forms: frigidness (for: frigid), frigidity (for: frigid), coldness 9. without compunction or human feeling - in cold blood - cold-blooded killing - insensate destruction • Syn: cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate • Similar to: inhumane • Derivationally related forms: inhumanity (for: inhuman) 10. feeling or showing no enthusiasm - a cold audience - a cold response to the new play • Similar to: unenthusiastic • Derivationally related forms: coldness 11. unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication - the boxer was out cold - pass out cold • Similar to: unconscious 12. of a seeker; far from the object sought • Similar to: far 13. lacking the warmth of life - cold in his grave • Similar to: dead
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