cool
- moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.
- feeling comfortably or moderately cold: I'm perfectly cool, but open the window if you feel hot.
- imparting a sensation of moderate coldness or comfortable freedom from heat: a cool breeze.
- permitting such a sensation: a cool dress.
- not excited; calm; composed; under control: to remain cool in the face of disaster.
- not hasty; deliberate: a cool and calculated action.
- lacking in interest or enthusiasm: a cool reply to an invitation.
- lacking in warmth or cordiality: a cool reception.
- calmly audacious or impudent: a cool lie.
- aloof or unresponsive; indifferent: He was cool to her passionate advances.
- unaffected by emotions; disinterested; dispassionate: She made a cool appraisal of all the issues in the dispute.
- Informal. (of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification: a cool million dollars.
- (of colors) with green, blue, or violet predominating.
- Slang.
- great; fine; excellent: a real cool comic.
- characterized by great facility; highly skilled or clever: cool maneuvers on the parallel bars.
- socially adept: It's not cool to arrive at a party too early.
- acceptable; satisfactory; okay: If you want to stay late, that's cool.
- Informal. coolly.
- Slang.
- (used to express acceptance): Okay, cool! I'll be there at 10:00.
- (used to express approval, admiration, etc.): He got the job? Cool!
- something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.: in the cool of the evening.
- coolness.
- calmness; composure; poise: an executive noted for maintaining her cool under pressure.
- to become cool (sometimes followed by down or off): The soup cooled in five minutes. We cooled off in the mountain stream.
- to become less ardent, cordial, etc.; become moderate.
- to make cool; impart a sensation of coolness to.
- to lessen the ardor or intensity of; allay; calm; moderate: Disappointment cooled his early zealousness.
- cool down, to bring the body back to its normal physiological level after fast, vigorous exercise or activity by gradually slowing the pace of activity or by doing gentle exercises or stretches.
- cool off, Informal. to become calmer or more reasonable: Wait until he cools off before you talk to him again.
- cool out, Slang. to calm or settle down; relax: cooling out at the beach.
- blow one's cool. blow2(def 44).
- cool it, Slang. calm down; take it easy.
- cool one's heels. heel1(def 26).
Origin of cool
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Antonyms for cool
Related Words for coolest
chilly, refreshing, frosty, frigid, serene, relaxed, quiet, tranquil, placid, lukewarm, neat, arctic, biting, chilling, chill, chilled, composed, detached, assuredExamples from the Web for coolest
Contemporary Examples of coolest
I thought they were the coolest thing you could ever be: a rule-breaker.
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July 25, 2014
Run Lola Run was the coolest movie ever when I was a teenager, so I was so thrilled.
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July 10, 2014
One of the coolest things about the class was that we were discussing the Gothic novel in real Gothic buildings.
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Historical Examples of coolest
On the other hand Walling was to all appearance the coolest man in the room.
A week ago I should have said that was the coolest head of the lot.
Peak and PrairieAnna Fuller
If Glen is a captive use your coolest judgment about interfering.
The Boy Scout Treasure HuntersCharles Henry Lerrigo
Knight was at once the most ardent and the coolest man alive.
A Pair of Blue EyesThomas Hardy
"He is the best sportsman who has the coolest head," replied I, sleepily.
DrossHenry Seton Merriman
cool
- moderately colda cool day
- comfortably free of heata cool room
- producing a pleasant feeling of coldnessa cool shirt
- able to conceal emotion; calma cool head
- lacking in enthusiasm, affection, cordiality, etca cool welcome
- calmly audacious or impudent
- informal (esp of numbers, sums of money, etc) without exaggeration; actuala cool ten thousand
- (of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; cold
- (of jazz) characteristic of the late 1940s and early 1950s, economical and rhythmically relaxed
- informal sophisticated or elegant, esp in an unruffled way
- informal excellent; marvellous
- not standard in a cool manner; coolly
- coolnessthe cool of the evening
- slang calmness; composure (esp in the phrases keep or lose one's cool)
- slang unruffled elegance or sophistication
- (usually foll by down or off) to make or become cooler
- (usually foll by down or off) to lessen the intensity of (anger or excitement) or (of anger or excitement) to become less intense; calm down
- cool it (usually imperative) slang to calm down; take it easy
- cool one's heels to wait or be kept waiting
Word Origin for cool
Word Origin and History for coolest
cool
Old English col "not warm" (but usually not as severe as cold), also, of persons, "unperturbed, undemonstrative," from Proto-Germanic *koluz (cf. Middle Dutch coel, Dutch koel, Old High German kuoli, German kühl "cool," Old Norse kala "be cold"), from PIE root *gel- "cold, to freeze" (see cold (adj.)).
Applied since 1728 to large sums of money to give emphasis to amount. Meaning "calmly audacious" is from 1825. Slang use for "fashionable" is 1933, originally Black English; modern use as a general term of approval is from late 1940s, probably from bop talk and originally in reference to a style of jazz; said to have been popularized in jazz circles by tenor saxophonist Lester Young. Related: Coolly.
cool
c.1400, "coldness, coolness," from cool (adj.). Meaning "one's self-control, composure" (the thing you either keep or lose) is from 1966.
cool
Old English colian, "to lose warmth," also figuratively, "to lose ardor," from the root of cool (adj.). Meaning "to cause to lose warmth" is from late 14c. Related: Cooled; cooling.
Idioms and Phrases with coolest
cool
In addition to the idioms beginning with cool
- cool as a cucumber
- cool down
- cool it
- cool off
- cool one's heels
- cool out
also see:
- keep cool
- keep one's cool
- play it cool