ice-cold
[ahys-kohld]
adjective
cold as ice: Her feet were ice-cold.
without warmth of feeling or manner; unemotional; passionless: an ice-cold reception.
Origin of ice-cold
before 1000; Old English is-calde; unrecorded in Middle English
Synonyms for ice-cold
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Related Words for ice-cold
frozen, icy, glacial, arctic, biting, bitter, chill, cutting, freezing, gelid, piercing, polar, raw, wintry, Siberian, algid, brumal, sub-zeroExamples from the Web for ice-cold
Contemporary Examples of ice-cold
Edward, on the other hand, is a brooding, self-absorbed Byronic hero with ice-cold hands.
When it comes to appearing as themselves in movies, however, both stars are ice-cold.
Historical Examples of ice-cold
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 BoyEleanor Gates
Her head was on fire, her eyes smarted, and her skin was ice-cold.
Madame BovaryGustave Flaubert
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper