coldness

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

• Derivationally related forms: ↑cold, ↑cold (for: ↑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

• Derivationally related forms: ↑cold (for: ↑cold)

• Hypernyms: ↑temperature, ↑vasoconstrictor, ↑vasoconstrictive, ↑pressor

• Hyponyms:

↑chill, ↑iciness, ↑gelidity, ↑chilliness, ↑coolness, ↑nip, ↑frostiness, ↑cool