English dictionary
cold
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- lacking the warmth of life
adjective
- of a seeker; far from the object sought
adjective
- unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
adjective
- feeling or showing no enthusiasm
adjective
- having lost freshness through passage of time
adjective
- having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
adjective
- extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
adjective
- without compunction or human feeling
adjective
- sexually unresponsive
adjective
- so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
adjective
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
adjective
- marked by errorless familiarity
adjective
- (color) giving no sensation of warmth
noun
- the absence of heat
noun
- the sensation produced by low temperatures
noun
- a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
Example sentences
cold in his grave
the boxer was out cold
pass out cold
a cold audience
a cold response to the new play
a cold trail
dogs attempting to catch a cold scent
a cold climate
a cold room
dinner has gotten cold
cold fingers
if you are cold, turn up the heat
a cold unfriendly nod
a cold and unaffectionate person
a cold impersonal manner
cold logic
the concert left me cold
in cold blood
cold-blooded killing
insensate destruction
was cold to his advances
a frigid woman
cold fury gripped him
moth-eaten theories about race
stale news
had her lines cold before rehearsals started
a cold bluish grey
the coldness made our breath visible
come in out of the cold
cold is a vasoconstrictor
he shivered from the cold
the cold helped clear his head
will they never find a cure for the common cold?