coldest

Adjective

cold (comparative colder, superlative coldest)

1. Having a low temperature.
   • A cold wind whistled through the trees.

   Synonyms:

   chilled, chilly, freezing, frigid, glacial, icy, cool

   Antonyms:

   baking, boiling, heated, hot, scorching, searing, torrid, warm, calid, choleric

2. Causing the air to be cold.
   • The forecast is that it will be very cold today.

   Synonyms:

   brass monkeys, nippy, parky, taters

   Antonyms:

   hot, calid, choleric, heated

3. Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
   • She was so cold she was shivering.

   Antonyms:

   hot, calid, choleric, heated

4. Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.
   • She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.

   Synonyms:

   aloof, distant, hostile, standoffish, unfriendly, unwelcoming, cool, frosty, hankty, hard-to-get

   Antonyms:

   amiable, friendly, welcoming

5. Chilled, filled with an uncomfortable sense of fear, dread, or alarm.
   • Yet oft when sundown skirts the moor
     ⁠An inner trouble I behold,
     ⁠A spectral doubt which makes me cold,
     That I shall be thy mate no more, […]1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XL”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 63

   Synonyms:

   apprehensive

6. Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.
   • Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head.

   Synonyms:

   disinterested, indifferent, candid, clinical, detached, egal, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fairhanded

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