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- Dictionaryice-cold/ˈʌɪsˌkəʊld/
adjective
- 1. (especially of a liquid) very cold; as cold as ice: "there is plenty of ice-cold beer"
- 2. unemotional or dispassionate; unfeeling: "he is the epitome of ice-cold judgement"
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adjective [ not gradable ] us / ˈɑɪsˈkoʊld / Add to word list. extremely cold: The water off the coast here is always ice-cold. (Definition of ice-cold from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of ice-cold. ice-cold.
Examples of ice-cold in a Sentence. ice-cold hands from hours spent shoveling snow. Recent Examples on the Web The Vogue office runs on ice-cold water from our Stanley cups. Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 20 June 2024 Order a half-liter bottle of ice-cold Makalonca pale ale (€5.80) at a table on the terrace directly above the rushing water.
If you describe someone as ice-cold, you are emphasizing that they do not allow their emotions to affect them or that they lack feeling and friendliness.
not having or showing any emotion. His eyes had grown ice-cold. She fixed me with her ice-cold stare. See ice-cold in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: ice-cold. Definition of ice-cold adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
adjective. cold as ice: Her feet were ice-cold. Synonyms: icelike, frozen, icy, freezing. without warmth of feeling or manner; unemotional; passionless: an ice-cold reception. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of ice-cold 1. before 1000; Old English is-calde; unrecorded in Middle English. Discover More. Example Sentences.
Ice-cold means extremely cold, such as a hand, a beer, or water. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and see synonyms and translations.
1. If you describe something as ice-cold, you are emphasizing that it is very cold. [...] 2. If you describe someone as ice-cold, you are emphasizing that they do not allow their emotions to affect them or that they lack feeling and friendliness. [...] More. Synonyms of 'ice-cold' • freezing, biting, frozen, bitter [...] More.
