coldness
/ˈkəʊldnəs
/noun [mass noun]
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
1.1A feeling of fear or horror: a sudden coldness crept around his heart
2The quality of lacking affection or warmth of feeling: he replied with coldness in his voice...
- Jim enters the frame, kisses his wife on the lips, reads her coldness, sits down.
- Some who knew him think that he suffered from pathological coldness, a deficit of feeling.
- She talks more about her mother's coldness.
2.1(In reference to colour) the quality of containing pale blue or grey: the coldness of his paintings...
- The uniform color blue signifies a continuous coldness.
- This one turned out pretty well, but I am not fond of the coldness of the colors.
- It seems to lessen the coldness of the gray and add an inviting warmth to the store design.