stone cold
stone cold adjective: very cold (literally); lacking any semblance of warmth.
Adjective
stone cold
- Very cold (literally); lacking any semblance of warmth.
- Near-synonyms: ice-cold, cold as ice, icy, freezing cold, frigid, cold as a well-digger's arse; see also Thesaurus:cold
- I forgot to turn on the burner under the soup and found it sitting there, still stone cold, twenty minutes later.
- Synonyms:
- ice-cold, cold as ice, icy, freezing cold, frigid, cold as a well-digger's arse, algid, Arctic, Baltic, boreal
- Lacking emotion or compassion.
- a stone-cold demeanor
- a stone-cold killer
- Certain; definite; obvious.
- a stone cold certainty
- a stone cold guarantee
Adverb
stone cold (not generally comparable, comparative more stone cold, superlative most stone cold)
- Certainly; definitely; obviously.
- It is stone cold guaranteed that that guy will get his clock cleaned if he shows up here today.
- Synonyms:
- dead
stone cold meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
stone cold in Tamil
- உணர்ச்சியற்ற
stone cold in Bengali
- অত্যন্ত ঠান্ডা, কোনো উষ্ণতা না থাকা, কোনো আবেগ, সহানুভূতি না থাকা, নিশ্চিত, সুনির্দিষ্ট
stone cold in Kannada
- ತುಂಬಾ ತಣ್ಣನೆಯ, ಯಾವುದೇ ಭಾವನೆ ಇಲ್ಲದವ
Synonyms of stone cold
Forms of stone cold
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | stone-cold |
| alternative form | stonecold |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more stone cold |
| superlative | most stone cold |
Origin of stone cold
The literal sense reflects the archetype of stone: it is usually cold to the touch and often quite cold. The figurative senses emphasize the high degree of coldness or of certainty.
Words formed from stone cold
- stone-cold fox
- the stones
Questions about stone cold
- What does stone cold mean?
- Stone cold means very cold (literally); lacking any semblance of warmth.
- What is stone cold in Tamil?
- Stone cold in Tamil is உணர்ச்சியற்ற. See Stone cold meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is stone cold?
- Stone cold can be an adjective or an adverb.
Words near stone cold in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: stone cold (page history and authors); stone cold (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stone cold (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stone cold (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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