ice-cold

[ahys-kohld]

adjective

1. cold as ice.

   Her feet were ice-cold.

   Synonyms: frozen, icy, freezing, icelike

2. without warmth of feeling or manner; unemotional; passionless.

   an ice-cold reception.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice-cold¹

before 1000; Old English is-calde; unrecorded in Middle English

Example Sentences

The man from the mountains in northern Italy regularly remains ice-cold in the most decisive matches – which is why his fumble against Alcaraz in Paris felt so surprising.

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Sinner is ice-cold during matches and little appears to faze the mild-mannered Italian - on or off court.

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I don’t eat meat anymore, but I still remember the thrill of that contrast—especially when the melon was ice-cold and the meat just sun-warmed.

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When it comes to soup, think of beet-centric borscht, ice-cold gazpacho with lump crab meat on top, fruit or yogurt-based soups.

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With our arms still buried under the compost, she brought ice-cold waters with straws up to our mouths so we could hydrate — a truly luxurious part of the service.

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Related Words

• frozen 
• glacial 
• icy