cold
adjective
having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth.
coldness
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a word derived from
cold.
Example Sentences
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She’s known for a soft, whispery vocal tone that occasionally detonates into a scream—here, it’s robotized via vocoder to suggest coldness and distance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
That his hopefulness reads as synthetic or unrealistic is a broader indictment of how cruel the world has become, and how quickly we’ve accepted casual coldness as the norm.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
The then-head of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, said after that she had faced "tremendous coldness" from the other athletes.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
To some extent it fits the coldness of the quartet — they hug and hoot and occasionally express a droplet of emotion, but the friendship on which they insist is competitive, transactional and illusory.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2025
She turned over on the bed so that her father could not see the coldness in her face.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
