Synonyms for coldness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kohld |
| Phonetic Transcription : koÊŠld |
Définition of coldness
Origin :- Old English cald (Anglian), ceald (West Saxon) "cold, cool" (adj.), "coldness," from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz (cf. Old Frisian and Old Saxon kald, Old High German and German kalt, Old Norse kaldr, Gothic kalds "cold"), possibly a past participle adjective of *kal-/*kol-, from PIE root *gel-/*gol- "cold" (cf. Latin gelare "to freeze," gelu "frost," glacies "ice").
- Meaning "not strong" (in reference to scent) is 1590s, from hunting. Cold front in weather is from 1921. Cold-call in the sales pitch sense first recorded 1972. Japanese has two words for "cold:" samui for coldness in the atmosphere or environment; tsumetai for things which are cold to touch, and also in the figurative sense, with reference to personalities, behaviors, etc.
- noun cold
- Bred in coldness and severity, this had rescued him to have a warm and sympathetic heart.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- The King regarded him with coldness, the Cardinal with irritation.
- Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
- Laura remembered this, and made excuses to herself for her father's coldness.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- Often have I reproached myself for a coldness I could not overcome.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 » by Various
- It is in our coldness that she warms—in our want of unity that she finds strength.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various
- She strove for silence; sought tremulously after coldness, but in vain.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Conservative critics have talked of Godwin's "coldness" because he could reason.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- The man looked searchingly into her face, observing the coldness of it.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- One day he even reproached Therese with what he termed her coldness for Laurent.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- Coldness he could put up with or the hottest sunshine, but he could not endure the damp.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
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- scold
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- scolding
- the cold shoulder
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