cold meanings. All definitions of cold

adjective cold Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable. 3

adjective cold If it is cold, or if a place is cold, the temperature of the air is very low. 3

adjective cold If you are cold, your body is at an unpleasantly low temperature. 3

adjective cold Cold food, such as salad or meat that has been cooked and cooled, is not intended to be eaten hot. 3

adjective cold Cold colours or cold light give an impression of coldness. 3

adjective cold A cold person does not show much emotion, especially affection, and therefore seems unfriendly and unsympathetic. If someone's voice is cold, they speak in an unfriendly unsympathetic way. 3

adjective cold A cold trail or scent is one which is old and therefore difficult to follow. 3

graded adjective cold If you say that someone is cold when they are trying to guess the answer to a question or puzzle, you mean that they are thinking about it in the wrong way and are going to give a wrong answer. 3

adjective cold having relatively little warmth; of a rather low temperature 3

adjective cold without sufficient or proper warmth 3

adjective cold lacking in affection, enthusiasm, or warmth of feeling 3

adjective cold not affected by emotion; objective 3

adjective cold sexually unresponsive or frigid 3

adjective cold lacking in freshness 3

adjective cold chilling to the spirit; depressing 3

adjective cold (of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; giving no sensation of warmth 3

adjective cold denoting or relating to a process in which work-hardening occurs as a result of the plastic deformation of a metal at too low a temperature for annealing to take place 3

adjective cold (of a process) not involving heat, in contrast with traditional methods 3

adjective cold (of a seeker in a game) far from the object of a search 3

adjective cold denoting the contacting of potential customers, voters, etc, without previously approaching them in order to establish their interest 3

adjective cold of a temperature significantly or noticeably lower than average, normal, expected, or comfortable; very chilly; frigid 3

adjective cold without the proper heat or warmth 3

adjective cold without the proper heat, warmth, or warm-up period 3

adjective cold feeling chilled 3

adjective cold without warmth of feeling; unfeeling; indifferent 3

adjective cold not cordial or kind; unfriendly 3

adjective cold sexually frigid 3

adjective cold depressing or saddening; gloomy 3

adjective cold not involving one's feelings; detached; objective 3

adjective cold designating or having colors that suggest cold, as tones of blue, green, or gray 3

adjective cold still far from what is being sought 3

adjective cold not strong or fresh; faint or stale 3

adjective cold unlucky or ineffective 3

adjective cold uncomfortably low temperature 1

adjective cold unheated 1

adjective cold unfriendly 1

adjective cold indifferent 1

adjective cold dead 1

adjective cold unconscious 1

adjective cold objective 1

adjective cold sexually 1

adjective cold far from target 1

adjective cold unprepared 1

adjective cold having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day. 1

adjective cold feeling an uncomfortable lack of warmth; chilled: The skaters were cold. 1

adjective cold having a temperature lower than the normal temperature of the human body: cold hands. 1

adjective cold lacking in passion, emotion, enthusiasm, ardor, etc.; dispassionate: cold reason. 1

adjective cold not affectionate, cordial, or friendly; unresponsive: a cold reply; a cold reception. 1

adjective cold lacking sensual desire: She remained cold to his advances. 1

adjective cold failing to excite feeling or interest: the cold precision of his prose. 1

adjective cold unexcitable; imperturbable: cold impassivity. 1

adjective cold depressing; dispiriting: the cold atmosphere of a hospital waiting room. 1

adjective cold unconscious because of a severe blow, shock, etc.: I knocked him cold with an uppercut. 1

adjective cold lacking the warmth of life; lifeless: When the doctor arrived, the body was already cold. 1

adjective cold faint; weak: The dogs lost the cold scent. 1

adjective cold (in games) distant from the object of search or the correct answer. 1

adjective cold Slang. (in sports and games) not scoring or winning; ineffective: Cold shooting and poor rebounding were their undoing. 1

adjective cold Art. having cool colors, especially muted tones tending toward grayish blue. being a cool color. 1

adjective cold slow to absorb heat, as a soil containing a large amount of clay and hence retentive of moisture. 1

adjective cold Metalworking. noting or pertaining to any process involving plastic deformation of a metal at a temperature below that at which recrystallization can occur because of the strain: cold working. 1

adjective cold (of a thing) Having a low temperature. 0

adjective cold (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold. 0

adjective cold (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort. 0

adjective cold Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling. 0

adjective cold Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial. 0

adjective cold Completely unprepared; without introduction. 0

adjective cold Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness. 0

adjective cold (usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart. 0

adjective cold (usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for. 0

adjective cold (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Not pungent or acrid. 0

adjective cold (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting. 0

adjective cold Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour. 0

adjective cold (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Not sensitive; not acute. 0

adjective cold Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot. 0

adjective cold (painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour. 0

cold adjective

The adjective form of cold is coldish

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