cold-eyed
cold-eyed adjective: that looks coldly or dispassionately; having a fierce or aloof mein.
Adjective
cold-eyed (comparative more cold-eyed, superlative most cold-eyed)
- That looks coldly or dispassionately; having a fierce or aloof mein.
- Consider the cold-eyed thrush, that springy carnivore of lawns, worm stabber, basher to death of snails.1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 14
- Synonyms:
- frosty, hardhearted, brutal, callous, cold, insensate, hardhanded, cruel, dour, thick-skinned
Synonyms of cold-eyed
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Forms of cold-eyed
| comparative | more cold-eyed |
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| superlative | most cold-eyed |
Questions about cold-eyed
- What does cold-eyed mean?
- Cold-eyed means that looks coldly or dispassionately; having a fierce or aloof mein.
- What part of speech is cold-eyed?
- Cold-eyed is an adjective.
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