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'

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'

a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); will they never find a cure for the common cold?

[ Syn: common cold , common cold ]

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

[ Syn: coldness , coldness , low temperature , low temperature , frigidity , frigidity , frigidness , frigidness ]

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

[ Syn: coldness ]

feeling or showing no enthusiasm; a cold audience; a cold response to the new play'

unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; the boxer was out cold; pass out cold'

of a seeker; far from the object sought

lacking the warmth of life; cold in his grave'

having lost freshness through passage of time; a cold trail; dogs attempting to catch a cold scent'

(color) giving no sensation of warmth; a cold bluish grey'

marked by errorless familiarity; had her lines cold before rehearsals started'

lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; moth-eaten theories about race; stale news

[ Syn: stale , dusty , moth-eaten ]

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

sexually unresponsive; was cold to his advances; a frigid woman

[ Syn: frigid ]

without compunction or human feeling; in cold blood; cold-blooded killing; insensate destruction

[ Syn: cold-blooded , inhuman , insensate ]