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ice-cold

[ ahys-kohld ]

/ ˈaɪsˈkoʊld /

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adjective

cold as ice: Her feet were ice-cold.

without warmth of feeling or manner; unemotional; passionless: an ice-cold reception.

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Origin of ice-cold

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

SYNONYMS FOR ice-cold

1 icelike, freezing, icy, frozen.

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Words nearby ice-cold

ice tongs, ice tongue, ice water, ice wine, ice yacht, ice-cold, ice-cream cone, ice-cream parlor, ice-cream parlor chair, ice-cream social, ice-cream soda

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Example sentences from the Web for ice-cold

Edward, on the other hand, is a brooding, self-absorbed Byronic hero with ice-cold hands.
Battle of the Twilight Heartthrobs|The Daily Beast|June 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
When it comes to appearing as themselves in movies, however, both stars are ice-cold.
Why Comedians Have Short Careers|Kim Masters|May 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
She was steady enough in a moment, cool and calm, moving about her work with ice-cold hands and slightly narrowed eyes.
K|Mary Roberts Rinehart
They shudder and shrink from the ice-cold water, but Jaquis and I urge them, and in they plunge.
The Last Spike|Cy Warman

With ice-cold water from the stream he drenched the bruised face.
The Yukon Trail|William MacLeod Raine
He felt it as the fevered man feels the ice-cold water on his brow,—a transient sense of what it would be to be well again.
Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II.|Charles James Lever
He was at his wits' end, but he thought it possible that some ice-cold water sprinkled on her face might revive her.
The Squire's Daughter|Silas K(itto) Hocking

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