cold
noun
1 cold
A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs):
— Will they never find a cure for the common cold?.
synonym: common cold.
Dutch: kou, neusverkoudheid, rinitis, verkoudheid
Polish: przeziębienie, przechłodzenie, zaziębienie
2 cold
The absence of heat:
— The coldness made our breath visible.
— Come in out of the cold.
— Cold is a vasoconstrictor.
synonyms: coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature.
Roget 383:
cold,
coldness
etc.
adj.;
frigidity,
inclemency,
fresco.
winter;
depth of winter,
hard winter;
Siberia,
Nova Zembla;
wind-chill factor.
[forms of frozen water]
ice;
snow,
snowflake,
snow crystal,
snow drift;
sleet;
hail,
hailstone;
rime,
frost;
hoar frost,
white frost,
hard frost,
sharp frost;
barf;
glaze [U.S.],
lolly [U.S.];
icicle,
thick-ribbed ice;
fall of snow,
heavy fall;
iceberg,
icefloe;
floe berg;
glacier;
nev_ee,
serac†;
pruina†.
[cold substances]
freezing mixture,
dry ice,
liquid nitrogen,
liquid helium.
[Sensation of cold]
chilliness
etc.
adj.;
chill;
shivering
etc.
v.;
goose skin,
horripilation†;
rigor;
chattering of teeth;
numbness,
frostbite.
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Dutch: kou, koude, ondertemperatuur
Polish: zimno
3 cold
The sensation produced by low temperatures:
— He shivered from the cold.
— The cold helped clear his head.
synonym: coldness.
Dutch: koud, koude, kou
adjective
1 cold
Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration.
Roget 429:
uncolored
etc.
(color)
etc.
428;
colorless,
achromatic,
aplanatic†;
etiolate,
etiolated;
hueless†,
pale,
pallid;
palefaced†,
tallow-faced;
faint,
dull,
cold,
muddy,
leaden,
dun,
wan,
sallow,
dead,
dingy,
ashy,
ashen,
ghastly,
cadaverous,
glassy,
lackluster;
discolored
etc.
v..
light-colored,
fair,
blond;
white
etc.
430.
pale as death,
pale as ashes,
pale as a witch,
pale as a ghost,
pale as a corpse,
white as a corpse.
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Roget 438:
blue,
azure,
cerulean;
sky-blue,
sky-colored,
sky-dyed;
cerulescent†;
powder blue,
bluish;
atmospheric,
retiring;
cold.
Roget 889:
inimical,
unfriendly,
hostile;
at enmity,
at variance,
at daggers drawn,
at open war with;
up in arms against;
in bad odor with.
on bad terms,
not on speaking terms;
cool;
cold,
cold hearted;
estranged,
alienated,
disaffected,
irreconcilable.
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Polish: zimny
2 cold
Extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion.
Polish: zimny
3 cold
Having lost freshness through passage of time.
4 cold
color Giving no sensation of warmth.
Polish: chłodny, zimny
5 cold
Marked by errorless familiarity.
6 cold
7 cold
So intense as to be almost uncontrollable.
8 cold
Sexually unresponsive:
— Was cold to his advances.
synonym: frigid.
Roget 383:
cold,
cool;
chill,
chilly;
icy;
gelid,
frigid,
algid†;
fresh,
keen,
bleak,
raw,
inclement,
bitter,
biting,
niveous†,
cutting,
nipping,
piercing,
pinching;
clay-cold;
starved
etc.
(made cold)
385;
chilled to the bone,
shivering
etc.
v.;
aguish,
transi de froid [Fr.];
frostbitten,
frost-bound,
frost-nipped.
cold as a stone,
cold as marble,
cold as lead,
cold as iron,
cold as a frog,
cold as charity,
cold as Christmas;
cool as a cucumber,
cool as custard.
icy,
glacial,
frosty,
freezing,
pruinose†,
wintry,
brumal†,
hibernal†,
boreal,
arctic,
Siberian,
hyemal†;
hyperborean,
hyperboreal†;
icebound;
frozen out.
unwarmed†,
unthawed†;
lukewarm,
tepid;
isocheimal†,
isocheimenal†,
isocheimic†.
frozen,
numb,
frost-bitten.
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Roget 575:
feeble,
bald,
tame,
meager,
jejune,
vapid,
bland,
trashy,
lukewarm,
cold,
frigid,
poor,
dull,
dry,
languid;
colorless,
enervated;
proposing,
prosy,
prosaic;
unvaried,
monotonous,
weak,
washy,
wishy-washy;
sketchy,
slight.
careless,
slovenly,
loose,
lax
(negligent)
460;
slipshod,
slipslop†;
inexact;
puerile,
childish;
flatulent;
rambling
etc.
(diffuse)
573.
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Roget 866:
indifferent,
cold,
frigid,
lukewarm;
cool,
cool as a cucumber;
unconcerned,
insouciant,
phlegmatic,
pococurante†,
easygoing,
devil-may-care,
careless,
listless,
lackadaisical;
half-hearted;
unambitious,
unaspiring,
undesirous†,
unsolicitous†,
unattracted.
[indifferent toward people]
aloof,
unapproachable,
remote;
uncaring.
unattractive,
unalluring,
undesired,
undesirable,
uncared for,
unwished†,
unvalued,
all one to.
insipid
etc.
391;
vain.
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9 cold
Without compunction or human feeling:
— In cold blood.
— Cold-blooded killing.
synonyms: cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate.
Roget 907:
malevolent,
unbenevolent;
unbenign;
ill-disposed,
ill-intentioned,
ill-natured,
ill-conditioned,
ill-contrived;
evil-minded,
evil-disposed;
black-browed†.
malicious;
malign,
malignant;
rancorous;
despiteful,
spiteful;
mordacious,
caustic,
bitter,
envenomed,
acrimonious,
virulent;
unamiable,
uncharitable;
maleficent,
venomous,
grinding,
galling.
harsh,
disobliging;
unkind,
unfriendly,
ungracious;
inofficious†;
invidious;
uncandid;
churlish
etc.
(discourteous)
895;
surly,
sullen
etc.
901.1.
cold,
cold-blooded,
cold-hearted;
black-hearted,
hard-hearted,
flint-hearted,
marble-hearted,
stony-hearted;
hard of heart,
unnatural;
ruthless
etc.
(unmerciful)
914.1;
relentless
etc.
(revengeful)
919.
cruel;
brutal,
brutish;
savage,
savage as a bear,
savage as a tiger;
ferine†,
ferocious;
inhuman;
barbarous,
barbaric,
semibarbaric,
fell,
untamed,
tameless,
truculent,
incendiary;
bloodthirsty
etc.
(murderous)
361;
atrocious;
bloodyminded†.
fiendish,
fiendlike†;
demoniacal;
diabolic,
diabolical;
devilish,
infernal,
hellish,
Satanic;
Tartaran.
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10 cold
Feeling or showing no enthusiasm.
11 cold
Unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication.
12 cold
Of a seeker; far from the object sought.
13 cold
Lacking the warmth of life.
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