Cold like the cold of winter; very cold. Frequently figurative: completely devoid of feeling or affection (cf. ice-cold, adj. 2 wintry, adj. 3b).

Void of ardour, warmth, or intensity of feeling; lacking enthusiasm, heartiness, or zeal; indifferent, apathetic. Of persons, their affections…

= cold, n. (in early Kentish dialect).

figurative. (See quot. 1483) Obsolete. rare.

figurative. Entirely devoid of warmth of feeling; without zeal or fervour. Now rare.

Of a person or his or her demeanour, speech, etc.: lacking ardour or warmth of feeling, frigid; unfeeling, unresponsive; cold-hearted. Also (now…

Cold-hearted, lacking warmth of feeling. Also (of a feeling, the heart, etc.): chilled, numbed, hurt.

Of a person or his or her demeanour, speech, etc.: devoid of feeling; unfriendly, hostile, forbidding. Cf. cold, adj. 8.

figurative with various shades of meaning. Aged; infirm or withered as a result of old age. Of hair: white with age. Also applied to old age, esp…

Wanting in sensibility, cordiality, or natural affection; unfeeling; unkind.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2.)

Feeling or showing no emotion, impassive; destitute of tender feeling; wanting in sympathy or cordiality; stiff, hard, cold. In early use, chiefly…

Exhibiting or demonstrating a lack of warmth of affection; not cordial, unfriendly. Cf. cold, adj. 8.

= frigid, adj.

figurative. Destitute of ardour or warmth of feeling, lacking enthusiasm or zeal; cold, indifferent, apathetic; formal, stiff.

Void of energy, ineffectual, aimless; spiritless, not serious; cold, without warmth of manner.

= cold-hearted, adj.

figurative with various shades of meaning. Lacking warmth or brightness; dismal, dreary, cheerless. Also: devoid of fervour or affection. Cf. frosty…

figurative. Said of circumstances or influences which repress warmth of feeling, enthusiasm, etc. In quot. 1540 perhaps simply ‘cold, cold-blooded’.

Phrases. cold as charity: referring to the perfunctory, unfeeling manner in which acts of charity are often done, and public charities administered…

figurative; esp. of manners: Chilling.

figurative. Cold and unresponsive, esp. in manner. Cf. frigid, adj. 3.

figurative. Void of, or adverse to, warmth of feeling.

Not expressing personal feelings or involving personal relations; lacking warmth or emotion; cold, remote, unfriendly.

Of a person: cold, disdainful; strait-laced. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. Lacking in enthusiasm or warmth; frosty, aloof; (also) steely, unruffled, intensely calm.

Characterized by or exhibiting a disinclination to be touched or interfered with or a tendency to avoid close contact; cold, aloof, stand-offish. Cf…

= marmoreal, adj.