Cool vs. Cold

Cooladjective

Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.

Cooladjective

Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

Cooladjective

Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.

Cooladjective

Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.

Cooladjective

Calmly audacious.

Cooladjective

Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

Cooladjective

(informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.

Cooladjective

(informal) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.

Cooladjective

(informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.

Cooladjective

(informal) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.

Coolnoun

A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.

Coolnoun

A calm temperament.

Coolnoun

The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.

Coolverb

To lose heat, to get colder.

Coolverb

(transitive) To make cooler, less warm.

Coolverb

To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

Coolverb

(transitive) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

Coolverb

(transitive) To kill.

Cooladjective

Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

Cooladjective

Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.

Cooladjective

Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.

Cooladjective

Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.

Cooladjective

Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.

Cooladjective

Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

Coolnoun

A moderate state of cold; coolness; - said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.

Coolverb

To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.

Coolverb

To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.

Coolverb

To become less hot; to lose heat.

Coolverb

To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.

Coolnoun

the quality of being cool;

Coolnoun

great coolness and composure under strain;

Coolverb

make cool or cooler;

Coolverb

loose heat;

Coolverb

lose intensity;

Cooladjective

neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat;

Cooladjective

marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional;

Cooladjective

(color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets;

Cooladjective

psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike;

Cooladjective

used of a number or sum and meaning without exaggeration or qualification;

Cooladjective

fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept;

Coldadjective

(of a thing) Having a low temperature.

Coldadjective

(of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.

Coldadjective

(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

Coldadjective

Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.

Coldadjective

Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.

Coldadjective

Completely unprepared; without introduction.

Coldadjective

Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.

Coldadjective

(usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.

Coldadjective

(usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.

Coldadjective

(obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.

Coldadjective

(obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.

Coldadjective

Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.

Coldadjective

(obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.

Coldadjective

Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.

Coldadjective

(painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.

Coldadjective

(databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.

Coldnoun

A condition of low temperature.

Coldnoun

(medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

Coldadverb

While at low temperature.

Coldadverb

Without preparation.

Coldadverb

With finality.

Coldadverb

In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.

Coldadjective

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

Coldadjective

Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.

Coldadjective

Not pungent or acrid.

Coldadjective

Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.

Coldadjective

Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.

Coldadjective

Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.

Coldadjective

Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.

Coldadjective

Not sensitive; not acute.

Coldadjective

Distant; - said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.

Coldadjective

Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.

Coldnoun

The relative absence of heat or warmth.

Coldnoun

The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.

Coldnoun

A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.

Coldverb

To become cold.

Coldnoun

a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs);

Coldnoun

the absence of heat;

Coldnoun

the sensation produced by low temperatures;

Coldadjective

used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration;

Coldadjective

extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion;

Coldadjective

having lost freshness through passage of time;

Coldadjective

(color) giving no sensation of warmth;

Coldadjective

marked by errorless familiarity;

Coldadjective

no longer new; uninteresting;

Coldadjective

so intense as to be almost uncontrollable;

Coldadjective

sexually unresponsive;

Coldadjective

without compunction or human feeling;

Coldadjective

feeling or showing no enthusiasm;

Coldadjective

unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication;

Coldadjective

of a seeker; far from the object sought

Coldadjective

lacking the warmth of life;

Cold

Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjective perception.