coldness
- noun
- /ˈkoʊldnəs/
- The coldness of the water shocked him as he jumped into the lake.
What cold plunging does or cryotherapy is it drives coldness deep into your body.
- What cold plunging does or cryotherapy is it drives coldness deep into your body.
- And in the winter all the coldness goes into the garage and rises up so my room is freezing.
- So for example, he talks about hotness and coldness.
- The potential coldness of the coffee is actualised by the coldness of the room.
- I felt it as a coldness and a silence that was mingling in our blood.
- OK, once you get going, you kind of do like feel a coldness and like a little bit of a scent coming out.
- So he's given examples like this in the past of, you know, snow and, and coldness.
- So you can tell when you're first, when you're, you know what your coldest weather is, you know your average coldness weather.
Examples
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"A feeling of coldness and fear took hold of her.
Fiction book (2002) -
Jim's critique stated, "the scene very effectively portrays the silence and coldness of the dead of winter."
Academic text (2001) -
Now you cannot feel the coldness of its night.
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I feel no coldness anywhere.
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And I knew the coldness of the air was sweet to him.
Fiction book (1999) -
Then the coldness was coming off the water like an incoming fog.
Fiction book (2000) -
And in the winter all the coldness goes into the garage and rises up so my room is freezing.
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Heikki took a deep breath, a familiar coldness settling over her.
Fiction book (1990) -
Snow crunched beneath his jacket, but he could not feel its coldness.
Fiction book (2002) -
I tilted the glass, felt the coldness drip between my lips.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
The feeling of low temperature on your body
A feeling of being cold, often from illness or cold weather
A light, pleasant cold in the air or shade
Extreme cold that makes you shiver
Very cold temperature or lack of warmth
A very strong cold that makes the air feel sharp and painful
The very cold air or water that makes you shiver
A very cold feeling in the air, like on winter mornings
A slight cold feeling in the air or on your body
Antonyms
How Cold
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word coldness comes from the simple word cold, which means 'not warm'. It kept this original meaning and so describes the state or feeling of low temperature, like the coldness of winter air or a room.