Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state, quality, or sensation of being cold.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state or quality of being cold.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The relative lack of heat.
  • noun The sensation resulting from exposure to low temperatures.
  • noun Limited enthusiasm or affection; coolness.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the absence of heat
  • noun a lack of affection or enthusiasm
  • noun the sensation produced by low temperatures

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Examples

  • But perhaps, because he was essentially simple, he would have fitted in well enough if he had been less ready to voice his grievances and ruffle the calm which she so carefully preserved, which he called coldness and for which he reproached her often.

    The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing 1914

  • One day he even reproached Therese with what he termed her coldness for Laurent.

    Theresa Raquin ��mile Zola 1871

  • It seems almost too absurdly incredible, Wannie, but do you know I believe this ice of ours gains in coldness as the warm weather comes on!

    storytelling 2009

  • The iced coffee I feel works as the coldness is nice when your whole body feels numb, then the caffeine and sugar perk you up, and the milk soothes the stomach.

    Hangover Cures: Myth, Legend, Fact | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • There can be such inhumane coldness from the corporate powers … There are stories and I have personally witnessed where an employee is written up if missing work for an emergency such as a child being rushed to the hospital.

    Think Progress » Coal disaster company Massey Energy denied time off for miners to attend their friends’ funerals. 2010

  • I can sense the coldness from the others, but I cannot feel it through the fire in my veins.

    To Call Our Own (7/36) amberfocus 2008

  • But I won't miss the onslaught of spiders, the austere personality of a wealthy neighborhood, and the accompanying coldness from the void of the garage below me.

    Wanderlustress: 2003

  • But I won't miss the onslaught of spiders, the austere personality of a wealthy neighborhood, and the accompanying coldness from the void of the garage below me.

    Bye! Bye! Battle Road 2003

  • He had that good reason for sympathy with haughtiness and coldness, which is found In a fellow – feeling.

    Dombey and Son 2007

  • She bowed coldly, hoping that her coldness might be her salvation, since she did not wish to waste time in conversation with him, nor to explain why she was in such a hurry to go on with her walk.

    The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World Margaret Vandercook

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