Crossword clues for colder
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cold \Cold\ (k[=o]ld), a. [Compar. Colder (-[~e]r); superl. Coldest.] [OE. cold, cald, AS. cald, ceald; akin to OS. kald, D. koud, G. kalt, Icel. kaldr, Dan. kold, Sw. kall, Goth. kalds, L. gelu frost, gelare to freeze. Orig. p. p. of AS. calan to be cold, Icel. kala to freeze. Cf. Cool, a., Chill, n.]
Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. ``The snowy top of cold Olympis.''
--Milton.Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
Not pungent or acrid. ``Cold plants.''
--Bacon-
Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.
A cold and unconcerned spectator.
--T. Burnet.No cold relation is a zealous citizen.
--Burke. Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory. ``Cold news for me.'' ``Cold comfort.''
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Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in!
--B. Jonson.The jest grows cold . . . when in comes on in a second scene.
--Addison. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
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Not sensitive; not acute.
Smell this business with a sense as cold As is a dead man's nose.
--Shak. Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
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(Paint.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
Cold abscess. See under Abscess.
Cold blast See under Blast, n., 2.
Cold blood. See under Blood, n., 8.
Cold chill, an ague fit.
--Wright.Cold chisel, a chisel of peculiar strength and hardness, for cutting cold metal.
--Weale.Cold cream. See under Cream.
Cold slaw. See Cole slaw.
In cold blood, without excitement or passion; deliberately.
He was slain in cold blood after the fight was over.
--Sir W. Scott.To give one the cold shoulder, to treat one with neglect.
Syn: Gelid; bleak; frigid; chill; indifferent; unconcerned; passionless; reserved; unfeeling; stoical.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: cold)
Wikipedia
Colder may refer to:
- The comparative of cold
- Colder (musician), French electronic remixer
- Colder (song), a song by Charon
Marc Nguyen Tan (1974), known for his dance music as Colder, is a French dance musician, graphic designer who also is a DJ and remixer who remains actively involved in dance music and other projects.
Colder's sound is rooted in the post-punk and post-disco of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Colder is also influenced by dub and krautrock.
Usage examples of "colder".
The air grew colder, and they heard the call of eagles far below them.
Hours and hours seemed to go by in this dead calm, and they hardly noticed that they were getting colder and colder.
The road kept on getting to somewhere in the sense that it got to more and more trees, all dark and dripping, and to colder and colder air.
Athough it was a summer night he felt colder than he had expected and was quite glad when the Doctor wrapped him in a robe like his own and gave him a pair of warm, soft buskins for his feet.
It is true that she would have got on much better if she had used a slower stroke, and also that the water felt a great deal colder than it had looked while it was only a picture.
In the sea, the deeper you go, the darker and colder it gets, and it is down there, in the dark and cold, that dangerous things live - the squid and the Sea Serpent and the Kraken.
They flew right over it, northwards, crossing the river: the air grew colder, and Jill thought she could see the white reflection of the Owl in the water beneath her.
And the higher they went, the colder it grew, and the wind blew so that they could hardly keep their footing.
Then they all pattered away and the wood seemed darker and colder and lonelier than it had been before they came.
Next moment he was wide awake, still tied to the tree, colder and stiffer than ever.
The woman kept piling on blankets, and the more furs she laid over her, the colder Kivrin got, as if the woman were somehow putting out the fire.
She could not see anything except branches and dark gray sky, but the air was even colder than that in the room.
Unless it was bleeding badly enough to soak through her leather hose, there was no point in making her colder by undressing her here in the snow.
It was nearly dark inside and colder than the wind-whipped churchyard.
Between that time and Pompeia Sulla she had endured two other mistresses, older and colder than the wife of the Pontifex Maximus.