acold
- adjective
- Archaic
- He was acold during the winter night.
Examples
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Shivering and acold, he wrapped his arms tightly around himself.
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She felt acold after stepping outside.
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She felt utterly acold after hours in the open field.
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The children stood acold in the early morning frost.
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Shivering and acold, he wrapped his arms tightly around himself.
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She felt utterly acold after hours in the open field.
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The children stood acold in the early morning frost.
Synonyms
Having a low temperature that feels chilly
A bit cold in a way that feels uncomfortable
Very cold with surfaces covered in ice
Very cold, at or below freezing
Very cold with no warmth left
Feeling very cold and trembling slightly
Very cold in a way that feels unpleasant
Skin feels cold because of illness, shock, or collapse
Antonyms
How Cold
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Acold comes from the old prefix a- meaning 'in' or 'on' plus cold, so it originally meant 'in cold'. Think of words like awake or afraid, where a- puts you into a state; that's why acold means feeling cold.