ice-cold
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ice-cold
- /ˈaɪskəʊld/ UK
Where it comes from
From 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”).
adjective more ice-cold · most ice-cold · icecold · ice cold
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Very cold.
Near-synonyms: stone cold, cold as a well-digger's arse; see also Thesaurus:cold
Similar: cold as ice, icy, freezing cold, freezing, frigid, frosty, stone cold, cold as a well-digger's arse, algid, Arctic, Baltic, boreal · Opposite: boiling hot, steaming hot, piping hot, baking hot, smoking hot, hot, calid, choleric, heated
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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.
Similar: cold as ice, icy, frigid, stone cold, frosty
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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
Similar: cold as ice, icy, freezing cold, freezing, frigid, frosty, stone cold, cold as a well-digger's arse, algid, Arctic, Baltic, boreal · Opposite: boiling hot, steaming hot, piping hot, baking hot, smoking hot, hot, calid, choleric, heated
noun ice-colds · icecold · ice cold
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A cold serving of beer.
[…] to sink a few ice colds […]
Similar: cold one, frosty one
Translations
Talk about this word "ice-cold." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ice-cold. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ice-cold. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ice-cold "ice-cold." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ice-cold.Cite this
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title = {ice-cold},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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