cold-fish

ADJECTIVE

dispassionate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abstract candid detached disinterested sober unbiased unemotional

WEAK

aloof calm cold-blooded collected composed cool cool cat couldn't care less fair iceberg impersonal imperturbable indifferent judicial just laid back moderate neutral nondiscriminatory nonpartisan objective poker-faced quiet serene temperate tough unexcitable unexcited unflappable uninvolved unmoved unprejudiced unruffled

Antonyms

STRONGEST

biased interested prejudiced

WEAK

emotional excited feeling involved moved partial passionate subjective

cold fish

NOUN

unemotional person

Synonyms

WEAK

aloof person iceberg unfeeling person

Example Sentences

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If being a cold fish is, as the cliché would have it, a British quality, then the series is very British indeed.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022

Detractors called him “Slippery Slade” and “living proof that not all cold fish comes in a can.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2020

This is charming but also compatible with Tesla’s portrait of Edison as a cold fish.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2020

If he lost his way, his cold fish of a son never quite caught up to the pace of democratization either.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2019

“Fine, but what should I do with Ess?” asked Jinny, swallowing a mouthful of cold fish.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder