Coldness
['koldnəs]
Definition
(noun.) a lack of affection or enthusiasm; 'a distressing coldness of tone and manner'.
(noun.) the absence of heat; 'the coldness made our breath visible'; 'come in out of the cold'; 'cold is a vasoconstrictor'.
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Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being cold.
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Examples
- I alluded to the coldness of her letters; but the few minutes we had spent together sufficiently explained the origin of this. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In general she recoiled from touch or close approach with a mixture of embarrassment and coldness far from flattering to those who offered her aid. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The moral oppression had produced a physical craving for air, and he strode on, opening his lungs to the reverberating coldness of the night. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She grew capricious; her gentle conduct towards him was exchanged for asperity and repulsive coldness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But there was some power of personality in him that prevailed over their coldness, and he made them listen to his new convictions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As he watched her with another covert look, he saw a certain ambitious triumph in her face which no assumed coldness could conceal. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She made that strange reply with a weary calmness and coldness. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Dorothea's hand was of a marble coldness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The coldness of the upper region is manifested by the hail which sometimes falls from it in a hot day. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The pupil knew her too well to remonstrate or complain of coldness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- With all his cruel ferocity and coldness there was an undercurrent of something in Tars Tarkas which he seemed ever battling to subdue. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Truly, said Mr. Bulstrode, with some coldness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Coldness of heart renders all this easy and natural. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And yet, are you sure that you might not feel (for her sake, I say for her sake) any slight coldness towards her on the part of--Society? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Amy felt the shade of coldness in his manner, and said to herself. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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