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What is the adjective for coldness?

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cold
  1. (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
  2. (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
  3. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
  4. Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
  5. Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
  6. Completely unprepared; without introduction.
  7. Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
  8. (usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
  9. (usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.
  10. (obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.
  11. (obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
  12. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
  13. (obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.
  14. Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
  15. (painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
  16. Synonyms:
  17. Examples:
    1. “It's going to be a cold season, and winter is coming.”
      “I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm cold and freezing my digits off.”
      “Decades of abuse have turned him into a cold and bitter person.”
coldsome
  1. Characterised or marked by cold or coldness
coldlike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cold (the viral illness).
coldwater
  1. Located in or near cold ocean waters.
  2. Examples:
    1. “There is more to keeping coldwater fishes than the traditional goldfish bowl and a tub of ant's eggs.”
      “Florfenicol is used to treat outbreaks of coldwater disease and appears to be effective in the short term.”
      “Meaty halibut is a superior product – the largest of the coldwater flatfish – and needs little by way of elaboration.”
coldrife
  1. (Scotland) Cold, chilling.
colde
  1. Archaic spelling of cold.
coldproof
  1. Resistant to cold.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Use your existing flusher and a regular garden hose, combined with West Marine's Engine Winterizing Kit to easily coldproof your outboard or sterndrive.”
coldish
  1. Somewhat cold
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Although the season was young, yet the weather was coldish, and he felt chilly.”
      “Seymore is a huge gamer with a coldish personality, never trusting anyone beyond his family which he had little of.”
      “It was a coldish night, but everywhere there was a pagan semi-nudity.”
colder
  1. comparative form of cold: more cold
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Autumn was quickly slipping into winter and each day the climate turned colder.”
      “When they were closer, I could see the way his pale hair waved in the slight breeze, which only served to make me feel even colder.”
      “Earthquake waves travel slowly through the hotter regions of the mantle and speed up in colder, denser areas.”
coldest
  1. superlative form of cold: most cold
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “St Hilary's feast day on 13 th January has gained the reputation of being the coldest day of the year.”
      “How about trekking to one of the planet's coldest spots wrapped up in thermals and Gore-Tex, all in the quest for artistic inspiration?”
      “The tundra is the coldest biome described in typical geography and biology textbooks.”
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