COLDNESS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of coldness in English

Examples of coldness

coldness
It is smart and efficient, but this creates a certain coldness, so people crave heart and soul.
There is no coldness on the screen, nothing dehumanizing on the keyboard, when they are the only chance of encountering the people we love.
The sensation of coldness adds to a sense of weakness, like being naked in winter.
So he's at his piano, playing as coldness is blowing in his face.
And that is pretty much automatic because the gas cloud is radiating heat away to the coldness of space.
From Phys.Org
The episode marked a welcome departure from the coldness that has hung over both candidates' campaigns.
I can't wait for the weekend either, even though the forecast is for nothing but barren coldness.
Its pleasure, which is not voluptuous but astringent, can only be expressed by oxymoron: sensuous coldness, opulent dryness, mysterious clarity, alluring purity.
The photographs, like the subject matter they depict, possess a distinct balance of familiarity and mystique, coldness and warmth.
Even if your spouse never finds out what you said, it creates coldness between the two of you that you may not even be aware of.
Enter a restaurant that doesn't have one, and you'll loathe every new customer who comes in, bringing with them a brutal reminder of the coldness that awaits outdoors.
I was stunned at his coldness.
Symptoms from these migraines can range from coldness in hands and feet, to dull aches, to a loss of sensation or paralysis, even weakness and nausea.
From CNN
But even if coldness were more unpleasant than heat on a per-degree basis, that doesn't make it any more reasonable to fire up your furnace and spare your air conditioner.
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Translations of coldness

in Chinese (Traditional)
冷漠, 不友好的態度, 冷,寒冷…
in Chinese (Simplified)
冷漠, 不友好的态度, 冷,寒冷…
in Spanish
frialdad…
in Portuguese
frieza…
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冷淡さ…
froideur…
soğukluk, duygusuzluk…
fredor…
afstandelijkheid…
بُرودة…
chlad(nost)…
kulde…
dingin…
ความเย็น…
sự lạnh, sự lạnh nhạt…
chłód…
kesejukan…
die Kälte…
kulde, kjølighet, uvennlighet…
차가움, 냉담함…
холод, холодність…
freddezza…
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