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coldest


 
  Overview  of  adj  cold 
 
  The  adj  cold  has  13  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (40)  cold  --  (used  of  physical  coldness;  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") 
  2.  (13)  cold  --  (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") 
  3.  (1)  cold  --  (having  lost  freshness  through  passage  of  time;  "a  cold  trail";  "dogs  attempting  to  catch  a  cold  scent") 
  4.  cold  --  ((color)  giving  no  sensation  of  warmth;  "a  cold  bluish  gray") 
  5.  cold  --  (marked  by  errorless  familiarity;  "had  her  lines  cold  before  rehearsals  started") 
  6.  cold,  stale  --  (no  longer  new  uninteresting;  "cold  (or  stale)  news") 
  7.  cold  --  (so  intense  as  to  be  almost  uncontrollable;  "cold  fury  gripped  him") 
  8.  cold,  frigid  --  (sexually  unresponsive;  "was  cold  to  his  advances";  "a  frigid  woman") 
  9.  cold,  cold-blooded,  inhuman,  insensate  --  (without  compunction  or  human  feeling;  "in  cold  blood";  "cold-blooded  killing";  "insensate  destruction") 
  10.  cold  --  (feeling  or  showing  no  enthusiasm;  "a  cold  audience";  "a  cold  response  to  the  new  play") 
  11.  cold  --  (unconscious  from  a  blow  or  shock  or  intoxication;  "the  boxer  was  out  cold";  "pass  out  cold") 
  12.  cold  --  (of  a  seeker;  far  from  the  object  sought) 
  13.  cold  --  (lacking  the  warmth  of  life;  "cold  in  his  grave") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  cold 
 
  13  senses  of  cold 
 
  Sense  1 
  cold  (vs.  hot) 
 
  hot  (vs.  cold) 
  =>  baking,  baking  hot 
  =>  blistering,  blistery 
  =>  boiling,  scalding 
  =>  burning(postnominal) 
  =>  calefacient,  warming 
  =>  calefactory,  calefactive,  heating 
  =>  calorifacient 
  =>  calorific 
  =>  heated,  heated  up  het,  het  up 
  =>  hottish 
  =>  red-hot 
  =>  sizzling 
  =>  sultry,  stifling,  sulfurous,  sulphurous 
  =>  sweltering,  sweltry 
  =>  thermal 
  =>  torrid,  sultry 
  =>  tropical,  tropic 
  =>  white,  white-hot 
  =>  fervent,  fervid 
  =>  fiery,  igneous 
  =>  heatable 
  =>  overheated 
  =>  scorching 
 
  Sense  2 
  cold  (vs.  hot) 
 
  hot  (vs.  cold) 
  =>  boiling,  sizzling 
  =>  fiery,  flaming 
  =>  heated 
  =>  red-hot,  sizzling 
  =>  sensual,  sultry 
  =>  torrid 
  =>  white-hot 
 
  Sense  3 
  cold 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  stale)  ->  fresh 
 
  Sense  4 
  cold 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  cool)  ->  warm 
 
  Sense  5 
  cold 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  perfect)  ->  imperfect 
 
  Sense  6 
  cold,  stale 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  old)  ->  new 
 
  Sense  7 
  cold 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  intense)  ->  mild 
 
  Sense  8 
  cold,  frigid 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unloving)  ->  loving 
 
  Sense  9 
  cold,  cold-blooded,  inhuman,  insensate 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  inhumane)  ->  humane 
 
  Sense  10 
  cold 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unenthusiastic)  ->  enthusiastic 
 
  Sense  11 
  cold 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unconscious)  ->  conscious 
 
  Sense  12 
  cold 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  far)  ->  near  close 
 
  Sense  13 
  cold 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  dead)  ->  alive 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  cold 
 
  13  senses  of  cold 
 
  Sense  1 
  cold  (vs.  hot) 
  =>  acold 
  =>  algid 
  =>  arctic,  freezing,  frigid,  gelid,  glacial,  icy,  polar 
  =>  bleak,  cutting,  raw 
  =>  chilled,  ice-cold,  iced 
  =>  chilled,  shivering 
  =>  crisp,  frosty,  nipping,  nippy,  snappy,  parky 
  =>  frigorific 
  =>  frore 
  =>  frosted,  frosty,  rimed,  rimy 
  =>  refrigerant,  refrigerating 
  =>  shivery 
  =>  stone-cold 
  =>  unheated,  unwarmed 
  =>  heatless 
  =>  refrigerated 
  Also  See->  cool#1;  frozen#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  cold  (vs.  hot) 
  =>  emotionless,  passionless 
  =>  frigid,  frosty,  frozen,  glacial,  icy,  wintry 
  Also  See->  cool#4;  passionless#1 
 
  Sense  3 
  cold 
  =>  stale  (vs.  fresh) 
 
  Sense  4 
  cold 
  =>  cool  (vs.  warm) 
 
  Sense  5 
  cold 
  =>  perfect  (vs.  imperfect) 
 
  Sense  6 
  cold,  stale 
  =>  old  (vs.  new) 
 
  Sense  7 
  cold 
  =>  intense  (vs.  mild) 
 
  Sense  8 
  cold,  frigid 
  =>  unloving  (vs.  loving) 
 
  Sense  9 
  cold,  cold-blooded,  inhuman,  insensate 
  =>  inhumane  (vs.  humane) 
 
  Sense  10 
  cold 
  =>  unenthusiastic  (vs.  enthusiastic) 
 
  Sense  11 
  cold 
  =>  unconscious  (vs.  conscious) 
 
  Sense  12 
  cold 
  =>  far  (vs.  near) 
 
  Sense  13 
  cold 
  =>  dead  (vs.  alive) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  cold 
 
  2  of  13  senses  of  cold 
 
  Sense  1 
  cold  (vs.  hot) 
  =>  temperature 
 
  Sense  2 
  cold  (vs.  hot) 
  =>  emotionality,  emotionalism 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  cold 
 
  cold  used  as  an  adjective  is  familiar  (polysemy  count  =  13) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  cold 
  acold 
  cold 
  cold-blooded 
  cold  sober 
  coldhearted 
  ice-cold 
  stone-cold 
 
  Overview  of  adj  cold 
 
  The  adj  cold  has  13  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (40)  cold  --  (used  of  physical  coldness;  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") 
  2.  (13)  cold  --  (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") 
  3.  (1)  cold  --  (having  lost  freshness  through  passage  of  time;  "a  cold  trail";  "dogs  attempting  to  catch  a  cold  scent") 
  4.  cold  --  ((color)  giving  no  sensation  of  warmth;  "a  cold  bluish  gray") 
  5.  cold  --  (marked  by  errorless  familiarity;  "had  her  lines  cold  before  rehearsals  started") 
  6.  cold,  stale  --  (no  longer  new  uninteresting;  "cold  (or  stale)  news") 
  7.  cold  --  (so  intense  as  to  be  almost  uncontrollable;  "cold  fury  gripped  him") 
  8.  cold,  frigid  --  (sexually  unresponsive;  "was  cold  to  his  advances";  "a  frigid  woman") 
  9.  cold,  cold-blooded,  inhuman,  insensate  --  (without  compunction  or  human  feeling;  "in  cold  blood";  "cold-blooded  killing";  "insensate  destruction") 
  10.  cold  --  (feeling  or  showing  no  enthusiasm;  "a  cold  audience";  "a  cold  response  to  the  new  play") 
  11.  cold  --  (unconscious  from  a  blow  or  shock  or  intoxication;  "the  boxer  was  out  cold";  "pass  out  cold") 
  12.  cold  --  (of  a  seeker;  far  from  the  object  sought) 
  13.  cold  --  (lacking  the  warmth  of  life;  "cold  in  his  grave") 



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