cold

cold · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Having a low temperature.

  2. 2.

    Low temperature; cold weather.

  3. 3.

    Unfriendly or lacking in affection.

  4. 4.

    A common viral infection.

  5. 5.

    (of a trail or scent) No longer fresh.

Phrases & expressions

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    cold feet — loss of courage
  • •
    cold shoulder — deliberately unfriendly treatment
  • •
    cold turkey — sudden withdrawal from addiction
  • •
    in cold blood — without emotion; deliberately
  • •
    leave someone cold — fail to interest
  • •
    catch a cold — become infected with a cold virus
  • •
    out in the cold — excluded

Related words

Antonyms: hot, warm
See also: cool, freezing, hot, warm
Synonyms: chilly, cool, freezing, frigid

Etymology

From Old English "cald" meaning cold, from Proto-Germanic "*kaldaz."