ice-cold

[ahys-kohld]

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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

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1. icelike, freezing, icy, frozen.

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Related Words

frozen icy glacial arctic biting bitter chill cutting freezing gelid piercing polar raw wintry Siberian algid brumal sub-zero

Examples from the Web for ice-cold

Contemporary Examples

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
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

Historical Examples

The water was ice-cold, but neither of them paid any attention to it.
The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II (of 2)
Alexandre Dumas pre
His feet and hands were ice-cold, and he swayed from side to side, feeling for his strength.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties"
Douglas English
It was as though I had stuck my head under a pump of ice-cold water.
Trapped in 'Black Russia'
Ruth Pierce
He was back in no time, a quart of ice-cold milk in either hand.
The Rich Little Poor Boy
Eleanor Gates
Her head was on fire, her eyes smarted, and her skin was ice-cold.
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert

Word Origin and History for ice-cold

adj.

Old English is-calde; see ice (n.) + cold (adj.).

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