Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Moderate chilliness.

    прохла́даproxláda

    прохоло́даproxolóda

  2. (uncountable, usually)Calmness, confidence, or level-headedness.

  3. (countable, dated, usually)Conflict or hostility or an instance of such that stands in contrast to expected friendliness or interest.

  4. (uncountable, usually)Indifference or an instance of indifference; lack of friendliness or interest not necessarily rising to hostility.

  5. (often, slang, uncountable, usually)Social advantage or enviability, typically due to traits like popularity, confidence, skill, or fashion.

More definitions
  • fearless self-possession in the face of danger
  • calm and unruffled self-assurance
  • a lack of affection or enthusiasm
  • the property of being moderately cold

Examples

5 sentences
  1. His coolness has alienated his friends.

    deSeine Coolness hat seine Freunde vor den Kopf gestoßen.

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  2. Adriano felt the wind's coolness on his face.

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  3. The black leather jacket exuded a sense of coolness.

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  4. His black leather jacket exuded a sense of coolness.

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  5. We felt the coolness when we arrived at the river.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Origin

From Middle English colnes, colnesse, from Old English cōlnes, cœ̄lnes, cēlnes (“coolness;

From Middle English colnes, colnesse, from Old English cōlnes, cœ̄lnes, cēlnes (“coolness; cool air, breeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlinassī, equivalent to cool + -ness. Cognate with Middle High German kuolnisse, küelnisse (“cooling, coolness”).

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Forms

plural: coolnesses
Singularcoolness
Pluralcoolnesses

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Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcool

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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