Search the Dictionary

The state or quality of being cold.

to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.] The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. Evelyn.

Assumed artificially; not natural. Affected coldness and indifference. Addison.

Chilliness; coldness; especially (Med.),

f one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. [Obs.] A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland.

A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.

Coolness; coldness; a chill. Death is the chillness that precedes the dawn. Longfellow.

Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.

of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.

A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve. Setting them [factions] at distance, or at least distrust amongst themselves. Bacon. On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. Milton.

The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth. Ice is water congealed by the frigidity of the air. Sir T. Browne.

The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness.

Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character. [R.] It was of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow wreath. Sir W. Scott. Black frost, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and cause it to turn black, without the formation of hoarfrost. -- Frost beare…

Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold. Icy was the deportment with which Philip received these demonstrations of affection. Motley.

Insusceptibility of intellectual or emotional impression; obtuseness; stupidity; coldness.

The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation. [Obs.] Boyle.

Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness. They judge with fury, but they write with phlegm. Pope.

To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.

surplus action or quality. The fervency of one man in prayer can not supererogate for the coldness of another. Milton.

Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.] The terrible coldness of the season. Clarendon.