cold fish

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kohld fish]
- /koʊld fɪʃ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kohld fish]
- /koʊld fɪʃ/

Definitions of cold fish words

singular noun cold fish If you say that someone is a cold fish, you think that they are unfriendly and unemotional. 3
noun cold fish an unemotional and unfriendly person 3
noun cold fish a person who is very reserved or aloof in manner or who lacks normal cordiality, sympathy, or other feeling. 1
noun cold fish person: unfriendly 1
noun cold fish (Idiomatic) A heartless individual; a person lacking empathy and emotion. 0
noun cold fish (Slang) A sexual partner who, during copulation, lacks vigor or emotional reciprocity. 0

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Origin of cold fish

First appearance:

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45

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Parts of speech for Cold fish

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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cold fish popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 55% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for cold fish

noun cold fish

iceberg — a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.

Just one Synonym for cold fish