cold
adjective
uk
/kəʊld/ us
/koʊld/cold adjective (LOW TEMPERATURE)
A1
at a low temperature, especially when compared to the temperature of the human body, and not hot, or warm:
cold hands
cold weather
My feet are so cold.
freezing cold It's freezing cold today.
- coldYour hands are cold!
- feel the coldShe's someone who feels the cold, that's why she's always bundled up.
- chillyThe sun's gone down and now I feel quite chilly.
- freezingShut the windows, I'm freezing!
- frozenMy nose is frozen after that walk - I should have worn a scarf.
cold adjective (UNFRIENDLY)
The school was a cold, unwelcoming place.
- unfriendlyThe crowd was unfriendly and dangerous.
- coolShe was very cool towards his new wife.
- coldShe's a cold, heartless woman.
- icyHe gave me an icy stare.
- glacialHer reception of him was glacial.
- abrasive
- abrasively
- abrasiveness
- abruptly
- abruptness
- aloof
- estrangement
- estrangement from someone
- flintily
- forbidding
- forbiddingly
- gruff
- offhandedness
- offish
- remote
- remoteness
- reserved
- saturnine
- wintry
- with friends like you, who needs enemies? idiom
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cold adjective (NOT SOLVED)
- Technically, the Ramsey case is considered "cold", even after new technology discovered two new samples of DNA.
- The last credible sighting of the terrorist was more than a year ago and intelligence sources say the trail is cold.
- Denver police and the district attorney's office insist the case has not gone cold, but they won't provide details about the investigation.
- In a case that has since grown cold, investigators have never found the package suspected of contaminating the building.
- Cops and journalists are on an increasingly cold trail that stretches back for decades.
cold adjective (NOT CLOSE)
cold
noun
uk
/kəʊld/ us
/koʊld/cold noun (ILLNESS)
A2 [ C ]
have a cold I have a cold.
catch a cold She caught a cold at school.
cold noun (LOW TEMPERATURE)
B1 [ S or U ]
cold weather or temperatures:
