Thesaurus: cold

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1. n. Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.
2. n. Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
3. n. Not pungent or acrid.
4. n. Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.
5. n. Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.
6. n. Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
7. n. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
8. n. Not sensitive; not acute.
9. n. Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
10. n. Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
11. n. The relative absence of heat or warmth.
12. n. The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.
13. n. A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
14. v. i. To become cold.