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Nouns (10)

n. [the state of having a relatively low temperature]

n. the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"

n. a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"

coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness

n. the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"

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Adjectives (15)

cold

adj. unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"

cold

adj. (color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish grey"

cold

adj. lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"

cold

adj. distant from the object of search

cold

adj. (ineffective)

cold

adj. having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"

cold

adj. of a seeker; far from the object sought

cold, frigid

adj. sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"

cold, aloof

adj. lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"

cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten

adj. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"

Fuzzynyms (12)

bitterness, bitter

n. the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

unemotional

adj. unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion

gallant, lofty, majestic, proud

adj. having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"

arrogant, chesty, self-important

adj. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"

dead, lifeless

adj. lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived"

Synonyms (82)

cool

adj. psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes"

passionless

adj. not passionate; "passionless observation of human nature"

cool

adj. fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept; "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early"

frozen

adj. turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children skating on a frozen brook"

bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous

adj. destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden

deathlike, deathly

adj. having the physical appearance of death; "a deathly pallor"

defunct

adj. having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe"

doomed

adj. marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed"

late(a)

adj. having died recently; "her late husband"

lifeless, exanimate

adj. deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body"

lifeless

adj. not having the capacity to support life; "a lifeless planet"

murdered

adj. killed unlawfully; "the murdered woman"; "lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier"

slain

adj. killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"; "a picture of St. George and the slain dragon"

obsolete

adj. no longer in use; "obsolete words"

stillborn

adj. (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn; "a stillborn baby"

stone-dead

adj. as lifeless as a stone

addled

adj. (of eggs) no longer edible; "an addled egg"

spoiled, spoilt

adj. having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child"

rotten

adj. having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave"

putrescent

adj. becoming putrid; "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses"

hard

adj. dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"

flyblown, maggoty

adj. spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots"

limp, wilted

adj. not firm; "wilted lettuce"

moldy, mouldy, musty

adj. covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor"

rancid

adj. (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon"

faraway

adj. far removed mentally; "a faraway (or distant) look in her eyes"

farther

adj. more distant in especially space or time; "they live in the farther house"

farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost

adj. (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula"

further, farther

adj. more distant in especially degree; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "further from our expectations"; "farther from the truth"; "farther from our expectations"

isolated

adj. remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village"

outlying(a)

adj. relatively far from a center or middle; "outlying settlements"

distant, remote

adj. located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote stars"

remote, far-off, removed

adj. separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"

detached, unaffectionate, uncaring

adj. lacking affection or warm feeling; "an uncaring person"

loveless

adj. without love; "a loveless marriage"

unromantic

adj. neither expressive of nor exciting sexual love or romance

nonpersonal

adj. lacking personality; "nonpersonal forces"

adapted

adj. changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose; "seeds precisely adapted to the area"; "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages"

bromidic, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous

adj. dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons"

banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn

adj. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

cliched, ready-made

adj. repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready-made phrases"

imitative, copied

adj. marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being"

derivative, derived

adj. resulting from or employing derivation; "a derivative process"; "a highly derivative prose style"

duplicate

adj. identically copied from an original; "a duplicate key"

slavish

adj. blindly imitative; "a slavish copy of the original"

traced

adj. derived by copying something else; especially by following lines seen through a transparent sheet

Antonyms (13)

Heat

n. [the state of having a relatively high temperature]

heat, warmth, passion

n. the trait of being intensely emotional

hot

adj. extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument"

torrid

adj. emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid rhythms"

passionate

adj. having or expressing strong emotions

hot

adj. used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"

torrid

adj. extremely hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert"

tropical, tropic

adj. of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather"

fresh

adj. recently made, produced, or harvested; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"; "fresh lettuce"

original

adj. being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind"

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