ice-calm
- adjective
- /aɪs kɑm/
- Informal
:
tranquilo como el hielo
- During the emergency landing, the pilot's ice-calm voice reassured all the passengers.
Examples
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His ice-calm demeanor impressed the interviewers despite the tough questions.
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She remained ice-calm even as tempers flared around her.
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She remained ice-calm during the emergency.
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In the face of danger, he was ice-calm.
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During the emergency landing, the pilot's ice-calm voice reassured all the passengers.
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His ice-calm demeanor impressed the interviewers despite the tough questions.
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She remained ice-calm even as tempers flared around her.
Synonyms
735
1.0
Not showing strong feelings and being very still
56
3.7
Calm and not easily worried
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3.9
Calm and peaceful, not showing worry or strong feelings
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5.0
Calm and not easily upset, like a quiet lake
2
8.1
Not easily upset or worried, even in difficult situations
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2.2
Being relaxed and calm or made cold
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6.2
Very calm and not nervous in a difficult situation
1
5.1
Able to stay calm and think clearly in difficult situations
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4.1
Calm and not nervous even in a difficult situation
1
6.8
Calm and not showing strong or out of control feelings in a stressful situation
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7.3
A calm person who does not get angry or upset easily
Move or rest very calmly, like a cat on something cool
Antonyms
How Calm
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ice-calm joins ice ('cold' or 'still') and calm ('not worried'), creating the image of someone as cool and steady as a block of ice. That's why ice-calm means a person who stays very calm even in a stressful or tense moment.