Cold

noun

koʊld

Adjective

without compunction or human feeling
“in cold blood”
“cold-blooded killing”
Similar:Cold-bloodedInhumanInsensate
sexually unresponsive
“was cold to his advances”
Similar:Frigid
extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
“a cold unfriendly nod”
“a cold and unaffectionate person”
“a cold impersonal manner”
See also:CoolPassionless
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”
See also:CoolFrozen
feeling or showing no enthusiasm
“a cold audience”
“a cold response to the new play”
having lost freshness through passage of time
“a cold trail”
“dogs attempting to catch a cold scent”
unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
“the boxer was out cold”
“pass out cold”
(color) giving no sensation of warmth
“a cold bluish grey”
lacking the warmth of life
“cold in his grave”
marked by errorless familiarity
“had her lines cold before rehearsals started”
so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
“cold fury gripped him”
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
Similar:DustyMoth-eatenStale
of a seeker; far from the object sought

the absence of heat
“the coldness made our breath visible”
“come in out of the cold”
“cold is a vasoconstrictor”
Similar:ColdnessFrigidityFrigidness
Type of:VasoconstrictorVasoconstrictiveTemperature
the sensation produced by low temperatures
“he shivered from the cold”
“the cold helped clear his head”
Similar:Coldness
Type of:Temperature
a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
“will they never find a cure for the common cold?”