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cold

[kohld] / koʊld /
ADJECTIVE
chilly, freezing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bitter bleak brisk chilled cool crisp frigid frosty frozen icy intense raw snowy wintry
STRONG
Siberian arctic chill cutting hyperborean icebox keen sharp stinging
WEAK
algid below freezing below zero benumbed biting blasting boreal brumal frore gelid glacial have goose bumps hawkish hiemal iced inclement nipping nippy numbed numbing one-dog night penetrating piercing polar rimy severe shivery sleety snappy two-dog night
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hot mild nice pleasant temperate warm
ADJECTIVE
aloof, unresponsive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cool distant frigid frosty icy inhospitable lukewarm
STRONG
dead
WEAK
apathetic cold-blooded emotionless glacial impersonal imperturbable indifferent inhibited joyless matter-of-fact passionless phlegmatic reserved reticent spiritless standoffish stony unconcerned undemonstrative unenthusiastic unfeeling unimpassioned unmoved unresponsive unsympathetic
Antonyms
STRONGEST
excited friendly kind responsive warm
WEAK
animated ardent eager enthusiastic fervid interested sympathetic
NOUN
frigid conditions
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chill snow
STRONG
algidity chilliness coldness congelation draft freeze frigidity frost frostbite frostiness gelidity glaciation iciness inclemency rawness refrigeration shivering shivers wintertime
WEAK
algor frozenness gelidness wintriness
Antonyms
WEAK
heat warmth

Example Sentences

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Sceptics have poured cold water on the wild theories surrounding the deaths.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Here, the gene that makes otoferlin is broken—so the protein is missing and the signal stops cold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

While rescue workers have exhausted themselves in cold water, the odyssey has also featured heated rifts between veterinarians and self-proclaimed "whale-whisperers", fundraising scams and esoteric attempts to heal the whale through chanting.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

All three tornadoes were created by a mix of the warm air rising from the ground and very cold air in the atmospheric sinking at the same time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Wolf licked his cold cheek, but Tall Tailless didn’t stir.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver