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colder definition
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Grep of noun colder scolder 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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