ice-cold

[ ahys-kohld ]

/ ˈaɪsˈkoʊld /

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adjective

cold as ice: Her feet were ice-cold.

without warmth of feeling or manner; unemotional; passionless: an ice-cold reception.

OTHER WORDS FOR ice-cold

1 icelike, freezing, icy, frozen.

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Origin of ice-cold

before 1000; Old English is-calde; unrecorded in Middle English

Words nearby ice-cold

ice bridge, ice bucket, icecap, ice cave, ice chest, ice-cold, ice cream, ice-cream cone, ice-cream parlor, ice-cream parlor chair, ice-cream social

How to use ice-cold in a sentence

“That deck is ice cold, and so is the other one,” he bawled.
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man|John Lardner|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The superstar comedian’s latest, ‘A Thousand Words,' is set to flop, and his career has gone ice cold.
Eddie Murphy’s Career-Killing New Movie|Chris Lee|March 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Edward, on the other hand, is a brooding, self-absorbed Byronic hero with ice-cold hands.
Battle of the Twilight Heartthrobs|The Daily Beast|June 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
When it comes to appearing as themselves in movies, however, both stars are ice-cold.
Why Comedians Have Short Careers|Kim Masters|May 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST

But when they got out into the stream, Washington's pole caught in the ice and jerked him out into ten feet of ice-cold water.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies|H. A. (Hlne Adeline) Guerber
Then, from the ice-cold bottom, rising as a meteor darts across the sky, the great fish clove the water to the surface.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries|Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Her voice was ice-cold, like her body, which seemed to be frozen into immobility.
The Secret Witness|George Gibbs
She looked so piteously thin and white, and her hands were ice cold.
The Secret Witness|George Gibbs
The nearly ice cold, spring water influenced Alfred to go home with the black on his face.
Watch Yourself Go By|Al. G. Field