coldest

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chilly, freezing adj.
aloof, unresponsive adj.

ADJECTIVE

chilly, freezing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bitter bleak brisk chilled cool crisp frigid frosty frozen icy intense raw snowy wintry

STRONG

Siberian arctic chill cutting hyperborean icebox keen sharp stinging

WEAK

algid below freezing below zero benumbed biting blasting boreal brumal frore gelid glacial have goose bumps hawkish hiemal iced inclement nipping nippy numbed numbing one-dog night penetrating piercing polar rimy severe shivery sleety snappy two-dog night

Antonyms

STRONGEST

friendly good heated hot kind mild nice pleasant responsive temperate warm

STRONG

blunt dull ignorant stupid

WEAK

animated ardent eager enthusiastic excited fervid interested sympathetic zealous

ADJECTIVE

aloof, unresponsive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cool distant frigid frosty icy inhospitable lukewarm

STRONG

dead

WEAK

apathetic cold-blooded emotionless glacial impersonal imperturbable indifferent inhibited joyless matter-of-fact passionless phlegmatic reserved reticent spiritless standoffish stony unconcerned undemonstrative unenthusiastic unfeeling unimpassioned unmoved unresponsive unsympathetic

Antonyms

STRONGEST

excited friendly hot kind responsive warm

WEAK

animated ardent eager enthusiastic fervid interested sympathetic zealous

Example Sentences

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coldest

High above the Arctic, powerful winds usually circle the North Pole each winter, helping trap some of the coldest air on Earth.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

This supports the idea that the Iberian Peninsula, which includes present-day Spain and Portugal, served as an important refuge for prehistoric humans during some of the coldest conditions of the Ice Age.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

But they tend to be clustered in the areas exposed to the nation’s coldest temperatures, the agency noted.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The tech giant is building data centers in one of Europe's coldest countries.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

My arms trembled, I could barely breathe, but I pulled him closer than a blanket on the coldest night.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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