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UK
/kˈəʊldnəs/
]
[ US /ˈkoʊɫdnəs/ ]
[ US /ˈkoʊɫdnəs/ ]
NOUN
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a lack of affection or enthusiasm
a distressing coldness of tone and manner -
the sensation produced by low temperatures
the cold helped clear his head
he shivered from the cold -
the absence of heat
come in out of the cold
cold is a vasoconstrictor
the coldness made our breath visible
How To Use coldness In A Sentence
- It is true: but liberality baulkes, and feares covetousnesse and niggardize, more a great deale then prodigallity; so does zeale lukewarmnes and coldnesse, more then too much heate and forwardnesse; the defect is more opposite and dangerous to some vertues, then the excesse. A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale In a Sermon Preached at a Generall Visitation at Ipswich
- That is why it said that the opposite of love is not hate but indifference, our apathy to act, our coldness in commitment.
- Would the blandishing enchanter still weave his spells around me, or should I burst them all and turn away in coldness! Master Humphrey's Clock
- Coldness or sweating, flushing, poor circulation, fatigue, fainting.
- Steam hissed and water came in cascading sheets as she shook the biting coldness away.
- I feel the coldness once again come over me, then I feel the pain from the countless bruises over my body, and the bleeding from my head.
- I was so hurt by her coldness and scepticism that tears rose to my eyes.
- She recalled his hauteur and studious coldness towards herself, his air of deep understanding and mastery, his magic look of wizardly youth, his eloquence, his immense self-possession, his mysterious connection with Cleopatra's indisposition and recovery. Too Old for Dolls A Novel
- It is summer here and yet sometimes I sense an everlasting coldness amongst the city folk.
- the coldness made our breath visible
