Antonyms for coolness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : kool |
Phonetic Transcription : kul |
Definition of coolness
Origin :- Old English colnesse; see cool (adj.) + -ness. Figurative sense of "calmness" is from 1650s; that of "absence of warm affection" is from 1670s.
- noun indifference
- There is a coolness amid all the heat, a mildness in the blazing noon.
- Extract from : « The Old Manse (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- His strength and coolness were a great comfort both to Hester and the major.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- He walked about the Gardens, delighting in the quiet and the coolness.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- The feel of autumn was in the air, and the coolness made the marching brisker.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- I only wish you had come upon me in a more prepossessing condition as to coolness.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- All nature was stirring, refreshed with the balmy dew and coolness of the night.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
- This shade and coolness, both so soothing, now brought him relief.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- I felt disconsolate, and was not well pleased with Turkey's coolness.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- A coolness, physical and spiritual, bathes you from head to foot.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- But of late years a coolness has intervened, and now they never speak as they pass by.
- Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
Synonyms for coolness
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