[ adjective ]
■ showing no care or concern in attitude or action
e.g.)
・indifferent to the sufferings of others
・indifferent to her plea
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indifferent
[ adjective ]
■ not characterized by emotion
e.g.)
・a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues
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chilly
[ adjective ]
■ having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
■ not easily aroused or excited
e.g.)
・her impassive remoteness
・he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight
・a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course
・her face showed nothing but stolid indifference
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impassive
,
stolid
[ adjective ]
■ feeling or showing no enthusiasm
e.g.)
・a cold audience
・a cold response to the new play
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cold
[ adjective ]
■ lacking warmth of feeling
e.g.)
・a chilly greeting
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chilly
[ adjective ]
■ having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
e.g.)
・a cold climate
・a cold room
・dinner has gotten cold
・cold fingers
・if you are cold, turn up the heat
・a cold beer
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cold
[ adjective ]
■ extended meanings
■ especially of psychological coldness
■ without human warmth or emotion
e.g.)
・a cold unfriendly nod
・a cold and unaffectionate person
・a cold impersonal manner
・cold logic
・the concert left me cold
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cold
[ adjective ]
■ devoid of warmth and cordiality
■ expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
e.g.)
・a frigid greeting
・got a frosty reception
・a frozen look on their faces
・a glacial handshake
・icy stare
・wintry smile
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frigid
,
frosty
,
frozen
,
glacial
,
icy
,
wintry
[ adjective ]
■ marked by a lack of interest
e.g.)
・an apathetic audience
・the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent
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apathetic
,
indifferent
[ adjective ]
■ neither warm nor very cold
■ giving relief from heat
e.g.)
・a cool autumn day
・a cool room
・cool summer dresses
・cool drinks
・a cool breeze
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cool
[ adjective ]
■ psychologically cool and unenthusiastic
■ unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
e.g.)
・relations were cool and polite
・a cool reception
・cool to the idea of higher taxes
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cool
[ adjective ]
■ (color) giving no sensation of warmth
e.g.)
・a cold bluish grey
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cold
[ adjective ]
■ lacking in sympathy or feeling
→
coldhearted
[ noun ]
■ the absence of heat
e.g.)
・the coldness made our breath visible
・come in out of the cold
・cold is a vasoconstrictor
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cold
,
coldness
,
frigidity
,
frigidness
,
low temperature
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