noun
1. a lack of affection or enthusiasm (Freq. 1)
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a distressing coldness of tone and manner
• Syn: ↑coolness, ↑frigidity, ↑frigidness, ↑iciness, ↑chilliness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑icy (for: ↑iciness), ↑frigid (for: ↑frigidness), ↑frigid (for: ↑frigidity), ↑cool (for: ↑coolness), ↑cold
• Hypernyms: ↑unemotionality, ↑emotionlessness
• Hyponyms: ↑stone, ↑tepidness, ↑lukewarmness
2. the sensation produced by low temperatures (Freq. 1)
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he shivered from the cold
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the cold helped clear his head
• Syn: ↑cold
• Hypernyms: ↑temperature
3. the absence of heat
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the coldness made our breath visible
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come in out of the cold
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cold is a vasoconstrictor
• Syn: ↑cold, ↑low temperature, ↑frigidity, ↑frigidness
• Ant: ↑hotness
• Hypernyms: ↑temperature, ↑vasoconstrictor, ↑vasoconstrictive, ↑pressor
• Hyponyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.