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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“This is a big deal. Stone cold phony.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024
Stone cold, even in the height of summer, with little to break up the grey.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2016
"Stone cold," he said, then turned to her.
From The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack
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