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coldness
noun
1 coldness
The sensation produced by low temperatures.
synonym: cold.
Roget 866:
indifference,
neutrality;
coldness
etc.
adj.;
anaphrodisia†;
unconcern,
insouciance,
nonchalance;
want of interest,
want of earnestness;
anorexy†,
anorexia,
inappetency†;
apathy
etc.
(insensibility)
823;
supineness
etc.
(inactivity)
683;
disdain
etc.
930;
recklessness
etc.
863;
inattention
etc.
458.
anaphrodisiac†,
antaphrodisiac†;
lust-quencher,
passion-queller†.
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Dutch: koud, koude, kou
2 coldness
A lack of affection or enthusiasm:
— A distressing coldness of tone and manner.
synonyms: chilliness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness.
Roget 823:
insensibility,
insensibleness†;
moral insensibility;
inertness,
inertia;
vis inertiae [Lat.];
impassibility,
impassibleness;
inappetency†,
apathy,
phlegm,
dullness,
hebetude†,
supineness,
lukewarmness†.
cold fit,
cold blood,
cold heart;
coldness,
coolness;
frigidity,
sang froid [Fr.];
stoicism,
imperturbation
etc.
(inexcitability)
826†;
nonchalance,
unconcern,
dry eyes;
insouciance
etc.
(indifference)
866;
recklessness
etc.
863;
callousness;
heart of stone,
stock and stone,
marble,
deadness.
torpor,
torpidity;
obstupefaction†,
lethargy,
coma,
trance,
vegetative state;
sleep
etc.
683;
suspended animation;
stupor,
stupefaction;
paralysis,
palsy;
numbness
etc.
(physical insensibility)
376.
neutrality;
quietism,
vegetation.
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Dutch: frigiditeit
Polish: oziębłość, chłód
3 coldness
The absence of heat:
— The coldness made our breath visible.
synonyms: cold, 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
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