stone-cold

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adjective

completely cold

adverb

(intensifier)stone-cold sober

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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How to use stone-cold in a sentence

But a stone-cold death threat to my cell phone — that was a new one.
A Female Writer’s New Milestone: Her First Death Threat|Annie Gaus|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The last two Wall Street clients Caine worked with were both “stone-cold alcoholics” in their 40s.
Live-in Sober Coaches Offer Wealthy Expensive New Way to Stay Clean|Eliza Shapiro|March 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A woman called in to read Stone Cold the riot act for not giving her family autographs at an event.
Meet Mariann From Brooklyn, Howard Stern’s Biggest Fan|Kevin Fallon|February 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There was stone-cold silence from the dozen other assembled Democrats—a reaction that Lieberman found “very troubling.”
Joe Lieberman’s Slow-Motion Divorce From the Democratic Party|Howard Kurtz|July 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST

But the stone cold fact is his children still love him, just as much as they love their mother.
Are the Glory Days of Fatherhood Over?|Michael Lewis|June 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The fire had been lighted; but it had long ago burned out, and the ashes were stone cold.
Tales and Fantasies|Robert Louis Stevenson
And she put forth her hand and touched her face, and it was stone-cold; and she found that she was dead beyond any question.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles|William Morris
Which was scarcely strange, inasmuch as the scent was already stone cold when we first struck it.
The Little Red Foot|Robert W. Chambers
Did you think me so much of a beast as to believe that I would take you stone-cold!
The Mystery of The Barranca|Herman Whitaker
I drink it in one gulp; it is stone-cold, certainly, but that does not matter very much.
'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914|Maurice Genevoix

Other Idioms and Phrases with stone-cold

stone cold

Unfeeling, insensible, as in That sad story left her stone cold. This analogy was already used by Shakespeare in Henry V (2:3): “Cold as any stone.”