coldly
冷淡地,冷冷地,冷酷地,冷冷地说
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Definitions
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cold·er, cold·est.
- : having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- : feeling an uncomfortable lack of warmth; chilled: The skaters were cold.
- : having a temperature lower than the normal temperature of the human body: cold hands.
- : lacking in passion, emotion, enthusiasm, ardor, etc.; dispassionate: cold reason.
- : not affectionate, cordial, or friendly; unresponsive: a cold reply; a cold reception.
- : lacking sensual desire: She remained cold to his advances.
- : failing to excite feeling or interest: the cold precision of his prose.
- : unexcitable; imperturbable: cold impassivity.
- : depressing; dispiriting: the cold atmosphere of a hospital waiting room.
- : unconscious because of a severe blow, shock, etc.: I knocked him cold with an uppercut.
- : lacking the warmth of life; lifeless: When the doctor arrived, the body was already cold.
- : faint; weak: The dogs lost the cold scent.
Phrases
- cold cash
- cold comfort
- cold feet, get
- cold fish
- cold hands, warm heart
- cold shoulder
- cold shower
- cold snap
- cold storage
- cold sweat
- cold turkey
- blow hot and cold
- catch cold
- come in from the cold
- in a cold sweat
- in cold blood
- in cold storage
- in the cold light of day
- knock out (cold)
- leave one cold
- make one's blood run cold
- out cold
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
They’re designed in Sweden with Nordic winters in mind, which means they can keep your hands warm in the coldest climes.
Domokos carried with him his suitcases, a bad cold and a burning secret.
Processed and fried foods, such as cold cuts, store-bought baked goods, candy and chips don’t have many of the nutrients our bodies and brains need, Richardson says.
That need to keep it super-cold can make moving Pfizer’s vaccine to where it will be used potentially difficult.
A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a 2011 cold case involving his then-pregnant girlfriend, who went missing in Loudoun County.
“I hope this will be good for us, but especially good for me,” he tells her, coldly.
But he was a canny political operator, far less ideological and more coldly pragmatic than proponents liked to admit.
The senator, a college gridiron star, has a coldly Machiavellian widow.
Amanda was devastated when he replied coldly, “I am not speaking to you unless it is about reconciliation.”
Because it lacks the stylish voice of a hard-boiled detective noir, it sometimes feels coldly industrious.
"Soldiers, attend the Marquis de Montemar to the gates," coldly replied the warden.
"You should have thought of that before you rolled Monsieur Sanguinetti in the mud," he answered coldly.