ice queen
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8.5
- noun
- /aɪs kwiːn/
- Offensive
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mujer de hielo (despectivo)
- She was known as the ice queen because of her cold demeanor in social situations.
- the rich ice queen
And for the longest time, Elsa was supposed to be the the villain, like she was an evil ice queen.
- And for the longest time, Elsa was supposed to be the the villain, like she was an evil ice queen.
Examples
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She's an ice queen.
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I think the ice queen is melting.
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Oh my word, you are turning to the ice queen.
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Was I always the ice queen?
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Did you speak to the ice queen?
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You are sensitive for an ice queen.
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You're an ice queen today.
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Watch out Tommy, the ice queen's on the warpath.
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A real ice queen.
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She's an ice queen.
Synonyms
5
7.6
A person who is distant and not friendly
1
8.8
A woman who seems cold and shows little feeling
A woman who seems emotionally cold, often a very skilled ice skater
Antonyms
How Cold
Surface Forms
Morphology
ice + queen
The meaning 'a woman who is emotionally cold or distant' is directly inferable from combining 'ice' (metaphorically cold) with 'queen' (a woman of status); the noun–noun compositional pattern is standard and the metaphor of coldness for emotional aloofness is common cross-linguistically. Although figurative, the relation is straightforward and predictable for learners who know both constituent words, so B1 learners are likely to understand it.
Etymology
Ice queen paints a picture of a queen made of ice, beautiful but showing no warmth. That image explains why the phrase means a woman who seems emotionally 'cold' or 'distant'.