stone-cold
adjective
completely cold
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stone cold
stone coldUnfeeling, 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.”
stone-cold
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adverb
stone cold
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He was beaten by McIlroy in a play-off last year, but put himself in position to avenge that defeat as McIlroy's stone-cold putter loosened his grip on the tournament.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Why lean into Curry’s “nice guy” off-court image when the man is a stone-cold killer on the court?
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025
One way to view the meteoric growth of women’s college basketball is through the career arc of its current protagonist: Caitlin Clark, the University of Iowa’s stone-cold mad bomber.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024
And Cherundolo has gotten them here with a breezy manner and an impish smile masking the competitive soul of a stone-cold killer.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2023
Harry lay facedown on the stone-cold floor, listening to Myrtle gurgling morosely in the end toilet.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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