cool-headed

[ kool-hed-id ]

/ ˈkulˈhɛd ɪd /

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adjective

not easily excited; calm.

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Origin of cool-headed

First recorded in 1770–80

OTHER WORDS FROM cool-headed

cool-head·ed·ly, adverbcool·head·ed·ness, noun

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How to use cool-headed in a sentence

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She came to sound check, that was the first time we ever performed it, and it was really cool.
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Things looked anxious for a bit, but by this morning's dawn all are dug in, cool, confident.
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It mounted straight as a plume for a little way, until it met the cool air of evening which was beginning to fall.
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He has told me that their society produced on him the effect of the cool hands of saints against his cheek.
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I laved his pain-twisted face with the cool water and let a few drops trickle into his open mouth.
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As for him, he much preferred the darkness of his cool, damp galleries under the ground.
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