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Definition of coldness in English: coldnessnoun ˈkəʊldnəsˈkoʊldnəs mass noun1The quality or condition of being of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body. the air returned to the bright coldness of winter the bitter coldness of the British weather Example sentencesExamples - The form of a fold in linen or cotton shows us the resilience or dryness of the fiber, as well as the coldness or warmth of the material.
- The coldness of the weather is evident, and finally the man is allowed to don a bright red cloak to help keep him warm.
- By the time I was on the train, a coldness had set in.
- The skin produces a feeling of coldness, similar to that of holding a frog in your hand.
- They have special technologies for ventilating the house and recovering the heat, or the coldness in summer, and reusing it again in the house.
- The relative coldness of groundwater is exploited to air-condition a house for one-fifth the cost of a standard compressor system.
- The sick person is overtaken by painful cramps in the limbs and a sudden coldness of the body.
- July means winter, but no snow, only coldness and dampness.
- She waded in up to her hips, hissing at the coldness of the water.
- The coldness of the starchy salad and the warmth of the juicy burger makes a tasty combination.
- 1.1 A feeling of fear or horror.
a sudden coldness crept around his heart Example sentencesExamples - I had heard their cries but was more concerned with the ever-increasing coldness enveloping my body.
- The coldness intensified, her face flushed with despair as every muscle tensed.
- That strange coldness returned, but now she did not fight it, instead allowing it to envelop her.
- He walked forward and a coldness swept over Cecilia, nearly knocking the breath out of her.
- An indescribable sensation grabs at the back of my neck, as a coldness invades what feels like the center of my skull.
- Her husband managed to dispel the coldness that was growing inside of her.
- Her heart ached as the coldness gripped her.
- I feel the coldness once again come over me, then I feel the pain from the countless bruises over my body, and the bleeding from my head.
- I was very shaken up at this point and could not shake the coldness that stayed with me all the way home.
- He passed through another night of coldness and spiritual darkness.
2The quality of lacking affection or warmth of feeling. he replied with coldness in his voice Example sentencesExamples - During six years of school, what was worse than the pain of the exercises was the coldness of the adults.
- In portraying the therapist, her combination of coldness and reluctant vulnerability is spot on.
- She talks more about her mother's coldness.
- It is summer here and yet sometimes I sense an everlasting coldness amongst the city folk.
- His self-hatred finds its cruelest expression in his coldness toward his devoted wife.
- Some who knew him think that he suffered from pathological coldness, a deficit of feeling.
- Her mother would be upset by the coldness with which she herself treats Anne.
- Jim enters the frame, kisses his wife on the lips, reads her coldness, sits down.
- She expresses only disappointment in him and offense at his coldness to her during the last phone conversation.
- His mother and he were treated with arctic coldness at the funeral.
- 2.1 (in reference to colour) the quality of containing pale blue or grey.
the coldness of his paintings Example sentencesExamples - It seems to lessen the coldness of the gray and add an inviting warmth to the store design.
- When we talk about a tonal palette, we are really talking about aesthetic properties like warmth and coldness in color, and not about patterns on an oscilloscope.
- I like the contrast between the warm sun on the cement walls and the coldness of the blues in the icy water.
- The decorating style is characterized by the sleekness of lines and the coldness of colors.
- This one turned out pretty well, but I am not fond of the coldness of the colors.
- The uniform color blue signifies a continuous coldness.
Definition of coldness in US English: coldnessnounˈkōldnəsˈkoʊldnəs 1The quality or condition of being of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body. the air returned to the bright coldness of winter the bitter coldness of the British weather Example sentencesExamples - The sick person is overtaken by painful cramps in the limbs and a sudden coldness of the body.
- The coldness of the weather is evident, and finally the man is allowed to don a bright red cloak to help keep him warm.
- The relative coldness of groundwater is exploited to air-condition a house for one-fifth the cost of a standard compressor system.
- She waded in up to her hips, hissing at the coldness of the water.
- July means winter, but no snow, only coldness and dampness.
- The coldness of the starchy salad and the warmth of the juicy burger makes a tasty combination.
- The skin produces a feeling of coldness, similar to that of holding a frog in your hand.
- By the time I was on the train, a coldness had set in.
- The form of a fold in linen or cotton shows us the resilience or dryness of the fiber, as well as the coldness or warmth of the material.
- They have special technologies for ventilating the house and recovering the heat, or the coldness in summer, and reusing it again in the house.
- 1.1 A feeling of fear or horror.
a sudden coldness crept around his heart Example sentencesExamples - Her heart ached as the coldness gripped her.
- He passed through another night of coldness and spiritual darkness.
- That strange coldness returned, but now she did not fight it, instead allowing it to envelop her.
- Her husband managed to dispel the coldness that was growing inside of her.
- I feel the coldness once again come over me, then I feel the pain from the countless bruises over my body, and the bleeding from my head.
- An indescribable sensation grabs at the back of my neck, as a coldness invades what feels like the center of my skull.
- I was very shaken up at this point and could not shake the coldness that stayed with me all the way home.
- I had heard their cries but was more concerned with the ever-increasing coldness enveloping my body.
- He walked forward and a coldness swept over Cecilia, nearly knocking the breath out of her.
- The coldness intensified, her face flushed with despair as every muscle tensed.
2The quality of lacking affection or warmth of feeling. he replied with coldness in his voice Example sentencesExamples - Some who knew him think that he suffered from pathological coldness, a deficit of feeling.
- She expresses only disappointment in him and offense at his coldness to her during the last phone conversation.
- His self-hatred finds its cruelest expression in his coldness toward his devoted wife.
- Her mother would be upset by the coldness with which she herself treats Anne.
- Jim enters the frame, kisses his wife on the lips, reads her coldness, sits down.
- His mother and he were treated with arctic coldness at the funeral.
- She talks more about her mother's coldness.
- It is summer here and yet sometimes I sense an everlasting coldness amongst the city folk.
- In portraying the therapist, her combination of coldness and reluctant vulnerability is spot on.
- During six years of school, what was worse than the pain of the exercises was the coldness of the adults.
- 2.1 (in reference to color) the quality of containing pale blue or gray.
the coldness of his paintings Example sentencesExamples - This one turned out pretty well, but I am not fond of the coldness of the colors.
- The uniform color blue signifies a continuous coldness.
- I like the contrast between the warm sun on the cement walls and the coldness of the blues in the icy water.
- It seems to lessen the coldness of the gray and add an inviting warmth to the store design.
- The decorating style is characterized by the sleekness of lines and the coldness of colors.
- When we talk about a tonal palette, we are really talking about aesthetic properties like warmth and coldness in color, and not about patterns on an oscilloscope.
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