cool (kuːl
)
Definitions
adjective
- moderately cold ⇒
a cool day
- comfortably free of heat ⇒
a cool room
- producing a pleasant feeling of coldness ⇒
a cool shirt
- able to conceal emotion; calm ⇒
a cool head
- lacking in enthusiasm, affection, cordiality, etc ⇒
a cool welcome
- calmly audacious or impudent
- informal (esp of numbers, sums of money, etc) without exaggeration; actual ⇒
a cool ten thousand
- (of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; cold
- (of jazz) characteristic of the late 1940s and early 1950s, economical and rhythmically relaxed
- informal sophisticated or elegant, esp in an unruffled way
- informal excellent; marvellous
adverb
- not standard in a cool manner; coolly
noun
- coolness ⇒
the cool of the evening
- slang calmness; composure (esp in the phrases keep calmness; composure (esp in the phrases or lose one's cool)
- slang unruffled elegance or sophistication
verb
- down or off to make or become cooler
- down or off to lessen the intensity of (anger or excitement) or (of anger or excitement) to become less intense; calm down
- See cool it
- See cool one's heels
See also
cool outAlternative Forms
ˈcoolingly adverb ˈcoolingness noun ˈcoolish adjective ˈcoolly adverb ˈcoolness nounWord Origin
Old English cōl; related to Old Norse kōlna, Old High German kuoli; see cold, chillSynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
calm,
together,
collected,
relaxed,
composed,
laid-back,
serene,
sedate,
self-controlled,
placid,
level-headed,
dispassionate,
unfazed,
unruffled,
unemotional,
self-possessed,
imperturbable,
unexcited,
QL,
chilled,
=
unfriendly,
reserved,
distant,
indifferent,
aloof,
lukewarm,
unconcerned,
uninterested,
frigid,
unresponsive,
offhand,
unenthusiastic,
uncommunicative,
unwelcoming,
standoffish,
QL,
=
fashionable,
with it,
hip,
stylish,
trendy,
chic,
up-to-date,
urbane,
up-to-the-minute,
voguish,
trendsetting,
nang,
QL,
schmick,
=
excellent,
good,
mean,
great,
choice,
brilliant,
cracking,
crucial,
outstanding,
superb,
superior,
first-class,
mega,
dope,
world-class,
admirable,
first-rate,
def,
superlative,
top-notch,
brill,
bodacious,
boffo,
bitchin',
chillin'
booshit,
exo,
sik,
QL,
ka pai,
rad,
phat,
schmick,
beaut,
barrie,
belting,
pearler,
funky,
= lose heat
cool off,
Translations
- British English:
cool
Something that is cool has a low temperature but is not cold.There was a cool breeze.kuːl ADJECTIVE There was a cool breeze.
- Spanish:
fresco
adj fresca
- French:
frais
adj fraîche
- German:
kühl
adj
- Chinese: 凉爽的 adj
- Arabic: بارِد adj
- Portuguese: fresco adj fresca
- Russian: прохладный adj прохладная
- Croatian: hladan adj hladna
- Czech: chladný adj
- Danish: kold adj
- Dutch: koud adj
- Finnish: viileä adj
- Greek: δροσερός adj δροσερή
- Italian: fresco adj fresca
- Japanese: 涼しい adj
- Korean: 서늘한 adj
- Norwegian: avkjølt adj
- Polish: chłodny adj chłodna
- Brazilian Portuguese: fresco adj fresca
- European Spanish:
fresco
adj fresca
- Swedish: kylig adj kyligt
- Thai: เย็น adj
- Turkish: serin adj
- Vietnamese: mát mẻ adj
- British English:
cool
If you say that someone is cool, you mean that they are fashionable and attractive.He was trying to be really cool and trendy.kuːl ADJECTIVE He was trying to be really cool and trendy.
- Spanish:
elegante
adj
- French: cool adj
- German:
cool
adj
- Chinese: 时尚的 adj
- Arabic: أَنِيق adj
- Portuguese: fixe adj
- Russian: стильный adj стильная
- Croatian: strašan adj strašna
- Czech: trendový adj
- Danish: sej adj
- Dutch: cool adj
- Finnish: siisti adj
- Greek: στυλάτος adj στυλάτη
- Italian: fantastico adj fantastica
- Japanese: かっこいい no_posp
- Korean: 멋진 adj
- Norwegian: kul adj
- Polish: fajny adj fajna
- Brazilian Portuguese: bacana adj
- European Spanish:
chulo
adj chula
- Swedish: cool adj coolt
- Thai: ทันสมัย adj
- Turkish: havalı adj
- Vietnamese: sành điệu adj
Usage examples
Voss put his hand into the cold, wet towel sling he had hanging from the bolt of the window, testing the cool of the wine bottle.
, THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)There was no need to install air-conditioning: the 20in stone walls keep the interior cool in the hottest of summers, the agents say.
Country Life (2005)Another tactic is to reach into the past for a deliberately uncool name just to be cool.
Globe and Mail (2003)The little crim was trying to nick the cool trainers from the skeleton's bony feet.
Glasgow Herald (2001)A cool breeze blew in from the Atlantic, fetching the smell of airborne waves.
, THE ESSENTIAL SPIKE MILLIGAN (2002)