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cool /kuːl /adjective1Of or at a fairly low temperature: it’ll be a cool afternoon the wind kept them cool...- If grain is stored into the following summer, run fans only at night when the temperature is fairly cool.
- It was late afternoon, and fairly cool, but the USAID official was sweating heavily.
- We have been getting good afternoon showers with fairly cool nights, a welcome change from the heat.
Synonyms chilly, cold; fresh, crisp, refreshing, invigorating, bracing, brisk; unheated, draughty informal nippy British informal parky literary chill 1.1Soothing or refreshing because of its low temperature: a long, cool glass of orange juice...- We then went for a stroll through the village, and had a cool, refreshing drink in a bar, before going back to collect our bags for the night.
- The ocean air was refreshing and a cool breeze had tempered the thick Hawaiian heat.
- He said putting the top of the can on his lips, enjoying the cool refreshing drink.
1.2(Especially of clothing) keeping one from becoming too hot: a cool cotton dress...- Light, comfortable, and cool clothing is a must for carnival in Jamaica.
- I remembered that my father wore velvet coats in the winter and cool shirts in the summer.
- The enemy were strong, and could easily fight in the sun in their surprisingly cool robes.
1.3(Of a colour) containing pale blue, green, or grey tones: the bathroom was all glass and cool, muted blues...- To lift a ceiling, select a pale tint of a cool hue such as green or blue.
- Typical of country cottage gardens, cool colours such as pale blue, soft pink and mauve provide clouds of colour that are restful and tranquil.
- Ahead of us the greys, cool greens and off whites of the Corsican mountains spread out toward the horizon.
2Showing no friendliness towards a person or enthusiasm for an idea or project: he gave a cool reception to the suggestion for a research centre...- However, the idea has received a cool reception from employers, who believe it is unrealistic for all but a very few companies and employees.
- Most environmental non-governmental organisations have been cool to the idea of funding rehabilitation projects.
- Throughout his life Louis treated her with a cool reserve.
Synonyms unenthusiastic, lukewarm, tepid, indifferent, apathetic, half-hearted, negative; unfriendly, distant, remote, aloof, cold, chilly, frosty, unwelcoming, inhospitable, unresponsive, uninterested, unconcerned, offhand, detached, impersonal, dispassionate, undemonstrative, uncommunicative, unfeeling, unemotional, emotionless informal stand-offish, off, offish, unenthused rare Olympian, gelid 2.1Free from excitement, anxiety, or excessive emotion: he prided himself on keeping a cool head she seems cool, calm, and collected...- The Swede is known for keeping a cool head but said this was his nature, although bosses owe it to their teams to be confident and positive.
- Despite these additional pressures, the bride-to-be is keeping a cool head.
- Now ambulance staff have praised the Wigginton youngster for keeping a cool head and raising the alarm.
Synonyms calm, {cool, calm, and collected}, composed, as cool as a cucumber, collected, cool-headed, level-headed, self-possessed, controlled, self-controlled, poised; serene, tranquil, relaxed, unruffled, unperturbed, unflustered, undisturbed, unagitated, unmoved, unbothered, untroubled; equable, even-tempered, imperturbable, placid, quiet, sedate, unexcitable, impassive, dispassionate, unemotional, phlegmatic, stolid informal unflappable, unfazed, together, laid-back, chilled rare equanimous 2.2(Of jazz) restrained and relaxed.His book does not deal with the offshoots of bebop, such as cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, free jazz and fusion....- Throw in waltzes, cool jazz, quasi-hymns, slinky beats and some country, and this might be the man's most musically diverse album.
- The gazebo of the amphitheatre was the perfect setting for their ethereal fusion of cool jazz and old-time calypso.
3 informal Fashionably attractive or impressive: youngsters are turning to smoking because they think it makes them appear cool...- Who is going to replace her as the model of cool, trendy fashion on TV?
- I've never been near here before, but the lights of Sydney look so cool at night.
- Her style is different from anyone else I know, which made her totally cool in my book.
Synonyms fashionable, stylish, chic, up to the minute; sophisticated, cosmopolitan, elegant; French le dernier cri informal trendy, funky, with it, hip, in, big, happening, now, groovy, sharp, swinging North American informal kicky, tony, fly, stylin' US informal on fleek, down 3.1Excellent: [as exclamation]: our office was a sunny room with a computer you didn’t even have to plug in. Cool!...- Tomorrow I also get to see my nephew again for the first time in a month and a half - cool!
- I didn't know all planets and planetoids were officially supposed to be named after gods of mythology - cool!
- They are however looking for other indie kids who are unique in exactly the same way as them - cool, huh?
3.2Used to express acceptance of or agreement with something: if people want to freak out at our clubs, that’s cool I told Bill that I was going to write the final draft of the script and he was cool with that...- No, it's cool; I don't mind talking about that.
- I work hard at things to improve, but I also realize it takes time and I'm cool with that.
- If that's not your thing, that's cool by me, but know that it's encouraged and applauded in this community.
4 ( a cool ——) informal Used to emphasize the size of an amount of money: research for a new drug can cost a cool £50 million...- Belfasts bid to become the European Capital of Culture in 2008 could cost a cool £150 million
- A two-piece suit from this guy comes in at a cool two grand, so is unlikely to be realistic unless I win the lottery.
- Its got a top speed of 185 and would cost you a cool £110,000 to drive off the forecourt.
noun [mass noun]1 ( the cool) A fairly low temperature: the cool of the night air...- She sat well back from the fire; the night cool had not set in yet.
- Emma was shocked at the electricity that had passed between them, an instant heat despite the cool of the June night.
- It was night now, I could feel the cool of night in the air, and smell it in the breeze.
Synonyms chill, chilliness, coldness; coolness, freshness, crispness 1.1A time or place at which the temperature is pleasantly low: the cool of the day...- As they sit at the openings of their tents in the cool of the summer evening, on the completion of a long journey, they break out into song.
- What better way to end a hot summer's day than to sit back to enjoy the cool of the evening with the latest gripping novel.
- Sometimes a few small boys are scrabbling about on a road or an old lady is sitting out in the cool of an evening.
2Calmness; composure: he recovered his cool and then started laughing at us...- His point guard play is a picture of composure and cool.
- Hopefully, he'll recover his stony-faced cool in time to thwart the intergalactic threat.
- For all her cool and calmness, she liked insulting my older brother.
3The quality of being fashionably attractive or impressive: all the cool of high fashion...- Now Giorgio Armani, one of the world's most influential fashion designers, is bringing his unique brand of Italian cool to Edinburgh.
- Casual fashion from the 70s and 80s is the latest street cool, apparently.
- Topshop was one of the pioneers of turning catwalk cool into high street hip, and it has been hailed as Fashion Retailer Of The Year, not once but twice.
verb1Become or make less hot: [no object]: we dived into the river to cool off [with object]: cool the pastry for five minutes...- While humans try to cool off under the fan and the more fortunate in air-conditioned rooms, the wild and domestic animals are not so lucky.
- The weekend's fine weather was good news for Yorkshire's tourist industry and, of course, the baking heat sent many in search of ways to cool off.
- It started to cool off today, at last, much to Dolly's relief.
Synonyms chill, refrigerate, make cold/colder get cold/colder, cool down, lose heat 1.1Become or make calm or less excited: [no object]: after I’d cooled off, I realized I was being irrational [with object]: George was trying to cool him down...- We literally had to pin him down until he cooled off.
- He would allow her to come back to him after she cooled off, and he would say nothing of it.
- By time he had gotten his food and sat down at a table in the corner, he had cooled off a bit.
Synonyms calm down, recover/regain one's self-control, recover/regain one's composure, compose oneself, control oneself, pull oneself together, simmer down 1.2 [no object] ( cool out) chiefly West Indian Relax: a dreamy spot full of sunshine and sea where you could cool out and detox...- We were cooling out, sipping fermented sugar cane and chillin’ when, out of the blue a friend of his from England passed through the place.
- He was merely cooling out waiting to play a match later that afternoon.
- When I get home this evening, I will get back to more mundane things, like just cooling out, or maybe I should go for a walk if I get home early enough as I haven't done that in a while.
Phrasescool it! cool one's heels keep (or lose) one's cool too cool for school Derivativescoolish adjective ...- We were ushered through to the comfortable bar area - again, decorated in coolish summer colours - where we pondered the menu over a glass of Kaliber low alcohol lager for me and an orange juice for Lili.
- ‘The last week to 10 days have warmed up and I think the overall temperature for July will probably be average after a coolish start,’ he said.
- ‘It was coolish,’ says Murray, by which he means an ambient temperature of minus 42 degrees Celsius.
OriginOld English cōl (noun), cōlian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koel, also to cold. As early as the 1880s, cool, an Old English word related to cold, was being used by black Americans to mean ‘excellent, pleasing’, and ‘stylish’. It only became more widely known when people started associating it with jazz musicians with a restrained and relaxed style in the 1940s. It then declined in popularity for a decade or two before regaining its position as the top all-purpose affirmative. Cool as a cucumber is also older than might be expected, going back to the mid 18th century.
RhymesBanjul, befool, Boole, boule, boules, boulle, cagoule, drool, fool, ghoul, Joule, mewl, misrule, mule, O'Toole, pool, Poole, pul, pule, Raoul, rule, school, shul, sool, spool, Stamboul, stool, Thule, tomfool, tulle, you'll, yule |