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coolness

coolness

6 1.0
A light, pleasant cold in the air or shade
  • noun
  • /ˈkuːlnəs/
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  • As the sun sets, a coolness spreads across the beach, signaling the end of a hot day.

Just let it soak in, enjoy the coolness of it is so relaxing.

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Examples

  • The moon was setting behind us when we stopped in the silence and coolness and looked toward the morning sky.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Then a touch of coolness on her wrist, and the pain was gone.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I feel the air, coolness of the air goes through my nose.

    20th Century Women (2016)

  • The women welcomed the coolness of the stone basement and the company of others.

    Academic text (2009)

  • A blessed shadow grew over them from behind; the shade's coolness raised her spirits.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Cafes take advantage of the shade and coolness of these trees, now nearly half a century old.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The sun was setting, and a coolness had settled on the steaming terrace.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Resting a moment against the side of the refrigerator for the coolness, she listened to the voices run.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Beads of water form on the glass, and she touches her forehead with the coolness of it.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • His clothes breathed out coolness and the aroma of the barn: cattle, the summer's timothy hay, molasses-laced grain.

    Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

cold
vscoolness
131 1.0

The feeling of low temperature on your body

is milder describing only a moderate lack of warmth
chill
vscoolness
87 1.0

A feeling of being cold, often from illness or cold weather

is a neutral state focusing on moderate temperature rather than a feeling
cool
vscoolness
65 1.0

A pleasant, fairly low temperature

is more neutral and only moderately low in temperature
coldness
vscoolness
5 1.0

A feeling or condition of low temperature

is narrower meaning a moderate low temperature rather than general low temperature
chilliness
vscoolness
1.6

A slight cold feeling in the air or on your body

is a neutral moderate cold state without emphasis on discomfort

Antonyms

warmth
90 1.0

A gentle feeling of heat on your skin

How Cool

freezing
1.0
coldness
5 1.0
coolness
6 1.0
chill
87 1.0

Surface Forms

coolness singular
coolnesses plural

Morphology

coolness = cool (transparent) = cool + ness

Direct nominalization of the adjective 'cool' with '-ness' indicating the state of being moderately cold.

Etymology

Coolness comes from the simple word cool meaning 'not warm' plus the ending -ness that turns it into a thing. So coolness is the state of being a little cold, like the shade on a hot day.