ice-cold
Very coldVery cold.
Meaning
3 senses(broadly, idiomatic)Very cold.
Near-synonyms: stone cold, cold as a well-digger's arse; see also Thesaurus:cold
I'm going to put my coat back on — I'm ice-cold again!
as cold as ice
(figuratively)Of a person, look, or behavior: without emotion; distant; (sometimes) silently disapproving.
I don't know why she gave me an ice-cold look — I had thought that the topic of conversation was totally innocuous.
eiskalt
ледяно́йledjanój, холо́дный как лёдxolódnyj kak ljod
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ice, cold: as cold as ice or nearly so (close to a freezing point).
Near-synonyms: stone cold, cold as a well-digger's arse; see also Thesaurus:cold
ice-cold beer here
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *is-cold, from Old English īsċeald; equivalent to ice + cold. CognateFrom Middle English *is-cold, from Old English īsċeald; equivalent to ice + cold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ieskoold (“ice-cold”), West Frisian iiskâld (“ice-cold”), Dutch ijskoud (“ice-cold”), Afrikaans yskoud (“ice-cold”), German Low German ieskold (“ice-cold”), German eiskalt (“ice-cold”), Yiddish אײַזקאַלט (ayzkalt, “ice-cold”), Danish iskold (“ice-cold”), Swedish iskall (“ice-cold”), Norwegian iskald (“ice-cold”), Faroese ísakaldur (“ice-cold”), Icelandic ískaldur (“ice-cold”).
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Forms
more ice-cold, most ice-cold| Comparative | more ice-cold Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most ice-cold Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
35 synonymsAntonyms
9 antonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form