Transcription
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- [ahys kohld]
- /aɪs koʊld/
- /aɪs kəʊld/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ahys kohld]
- /aɪs koʊld/
Definitions of ice-cold word
- adjective ice-cold cold as ice: Her feet were ice-cold. 1
- adjective ice-cold without warmth of feeling or manner; unemotional; passionless: an ice-cold reception. 1
- adjective ice-cold extremely cold to touch 1
- adjective ice-cold without emotion 1
- adjective ice-cold If you describe something as ice-cold, you are emphasizing that it is very cold. 0
- adjective ice-cold If you describe someone as ice-cold, you are emphasizing that they do not allow their emotions to affect them or that they lack feeling and friendliness. 0
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Origin of ice-cold
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Old English is-calde; unrecorded in Middle English
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Ice-cold
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ice-cold popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 52% 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.
Synonyms for ice-cold
adj ice-cold
- frozen — past participle of freeze.
- icy — made of, full of, or covered with ice: icy roads.
- glacial — of or relating to glaciers or ice sheets.
- arctic — The Arctic is the area of the world around the North Pole. It is extremely cold and there is very little light in winter and very little darkness in summer.
- biting — Biting wind or cold is extremely cold.
Antonyms for ice-cold
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with i
- Words starting with ic
- Words starting with ice
- Words starting with icec
- Words starting with iceco
- Words starting with icecol
- Words starting with icecold