cold water
What skeptics pour
Cold water is water at low temperature, but the phrase often appears figuratively.
To throw or pour cold water on something is to dampen enthusiasm or discourage an idea: She poured cold water on our vacation plans.
Cold water can also modify other nouns: a cold-water flat lacks hot running water.
- ice cubesSmall frozen water pieces
- lakeEnclosed body of freshwater
- chillyModerately cold
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
hydrotherapy · stream · freezing · reality check · aquifer · spring · snowmelt · discourage · river · refreshing · subzero · polar ice cap · polar bear plunge · ice bath · cool · frigid · frosty · hypothermia
- beveragescoffee, tea, juice, milk, beer
- laundrywashing machine, wash, dryer, clothes dryer, fold
- laundry caremachine wash, hand wash, delicate cycle, permanent press, spin cycle
- bathingbath, bathtub, bathe, wash, tub
- drinking watersip, gulp, swallow, drink, cup
- hydrationhydrated, dehydrated, thirsty, hydration, sip
temperature
cold waterhot water
Heated liquid, or trouble
boiling water · warm water · scalding water · steaming water
encouragement (figurative)
cold waterencouragement
Support spurring continued effort
support · enthusiasm · validation · endorsement · approval