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cold

modif.

Said of the weather
chilly, cool, crisp, icy, freezing, frigid, frosty, rimy, wintry, bleak, nippy, brisk, keen, inclement, penetrating, snowy, frozen, sleety, blasting, cutting, brumal, snappy, algid, gelid, piercing, chill, bitter, numbing, severe, boreal, stinging, glacial, intense, Siberian, sharp, raw, nipping, arctic, polar, below zero, biting; see also wintry.
Antonyms warm, hot*, heated.
Said of people, animals, or things
freezing, frozen, clammy, stiff, chilled, frostbitten, shivering, chilly, cool, coldblooded, hypothermic, ice-cold, refrigerated, in cold storage, blue from cold*, chilled to the bone*.
Antonyms hot*, perspiring, thawed.
Said of temperament
unresponsive, distant, unconcerned; see aloof, indifferent 1, unfriendly 2.

cold Synonyms

cold

n.

Absence of warmth
coldness, frozenness, chilliness, frostiness, frost, nip, bitterness, rawness, crispness, briskness, draft, frostbite, chill, shivers, coolness, shivering, goose flesh, numbness, iciness, frigidity, freeze, glaciation, refrigeration, gelidity, congelation; see also weather.
Antonyms warmth, heat*, heat wave.
The outdoors of a cold season
frost, wintertime, snow; see winter.
An aural or respiratory congestion
head cold, common cold, flu, catarrh, rheum, cough, hack, sore throat, sinus trouble, cold on one's chest, bronchitis, ague, laryngitis, hay fever, grippe, influenza, rose fever, rose cold, asthma, whooping cough, pertussis, streptococcic throat, staphylococcic infection, virus, sinusitis, coryza, strep throat*, strep*, sniffles*, bug*, frog in one's throat*; see also disease.

catch cold

come down with a cold, become ill, take cold; see sicken 1.

have<strong> or </strong>get cold feet*

lose one's nerve, back down, have qualms, chicken out*; see fear 1, retreat 1.

(out) in the cold*

forgotten, ignored, rejected; see neglected.

throw cold water on*

dishearten, squelch, dampen; see discourage 1.

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