Cold meaning, definition and synonyms

1. Noun

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.

Not pungent or acrid.

Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.

Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.

Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.

Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.

Not sensitive; not acute.

Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.

Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.

The relative absence of heat or warmth.

The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.

A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.

To become cold.

the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"

Vocabulary classified under Physics

so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him"

Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone

the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"

Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment