Cold (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman".
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Examples
- He made several passes at her, but she remained cold to his flirtatious behavior.
- Despite his charming personality, he found himself unlucky with women, as most were cold to his romantic gestures.
- After her divorce, she went through a phase where she was cold to men in general.
- Her reputation preceded her - the notorious businesswoman who was known for being cold to potential partners and allies.
- After years of marital troubles, Sarah found herself increasingly cold to her husband's physical advances.
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Meaning 2
Feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play".
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Meaning 3
Without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction".
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Meaning 4
Marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started".
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Meaning 5
Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news".
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Examples
- The senator's speech was cold, repeating the same worn-out slogans and empty promises as in previous years.
- The play's plot was a cold rehashing of a previous film, with none of the originality or spark that made the movie great.
- The professor's lectures on modern art were cold, relying on outdated and overly simplistic analyses of the artists' works.
- The comedian's routine was cold, consisting of stale jokes that had been told and retold many times before.
- The fashion designer's latest collection was cold, with designs that failed to innovate or take any significant risks.
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Meaning 6
(color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish grey".
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Meaning 8
Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer".
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Meaning 9
Unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold".
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Meaning 11
So intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him".
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- Cold rage boiled up inside her as she watched the footage of the brutal crime scene.
- His cold fury at being cheated was written all over his face as he stormed into the meeting room.
- A cold intensity burned in his eyes as he interrogated the suspect.
- She felt a cold dread creeping over her as the realization set in that she was lost in the wilderness.
- The detective's cold determination was evident as she pored over the evidence for what felt like the hundredth time.
Meaning 12
Extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold".
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Meaning 13
Having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent".
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- Detectives feared that their chance to crack the case had faded because they had allowed the trail to grow cold.
- Despite efforts by forensics teams to boost it, the smell in the nearby ravine grew weaker with every hour making the trail seem rather cold by noon.
- Taps being tried daily just made the solution more challenging – but their cold trail had drawn some luck when, after a long shot, the old landline was working as well as one could wish.
- Evidence on the crime scene had little over a few hours to become stale so the officer radioed their officer about the faint sign making it a relatively cold trail now.
- In view of the poor visibility, the other reason for bringing tracking dogs to the scene was because their specialty was following what humans could – dogs were being trained to proceed from a cold scent.