coldness
Lack of warmth
Coldness is the quality of being cold—low temperature or lack of warmth.
More often, coldness describes emotional distance or unfriendliness: There was a coldness in her voice that made him uneasy.
The coldness of a response, a stare, or a relationship suggests deliberate detachment or hostility rather than mere indifference.
Thin ice coating
- iceWater's solid form
- freezingExtremely cold
- chillCold sensation or relaxation
- frigidityExtreme coldness or aloofness
snow · winter · frostbite · hypothermia · glacier · arctic · permafrost · subzero
Induced loss of feeling
- deadeningLessening intensity or sensitivity
- insensitivityLack of emotional awareness
- torporInactive, sluggish state
- desensitizationReduced response over time
paralysis · dullness · unfeeling · lifelessness · frostbite · tingling · pins-and-needles
Lack of interest
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- emotionlessnessLack of any feeling
- impassivityUnresponsiveness to stimuli
nonchalance · stoicism · unfeelingness · disengagement · neutrality · detachment · callousness · heartlessness
Emotional unavailability, standoffishness
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- reserveSupply kept back
- unfriendlinessUnwelcoming disposition toward others
- distanceSpace between two points
indifference · remoteness · dispassion · formality · standoffishness · impersonality · stiffness · inaccessibility
Intensity of sternness
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- grimnessStern, forbidding quality
- harshnessUnsparing quality or manner
- starknessSevere, unadorned quality
bleakness · barrenness · spareness · rigidity · cheerlessness · joylessness · unwelcoming
frost
Thin ice coating
frigidity · snow · winter · frostbite · hypothermia · glacier · arctic · permafrost · subzero · polar
anesthesia
Induced loss of feeling
- deadeningLessening intensity or sensitivity
- insensitivityLack of emotional awareness
- torporInactive, sluggish state
desensitization · paralysis · dullness · unfeeling · lifelessness · frostbite · tingling · pins-and-needles
indifference
Lack of interest
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- emotionlessnessLack of any feeling
impassivity · nonchalance · stoicism · unfeelingness · disengagement · neutrality · detachment · callousness · heartlessness · insensitivity
aloofness
Emotional unavailability, standoffishness
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- reserveSupply kept back
- unfriendlinessUnwelcoming disposition toward others
distance · indifference · remoteness · dispassion · formality · standoffishness · impersonality · stiffness · inaccessibility · restraint
severity
Intensity of sternness
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- grimnessStern, forbidding quality
- harshnessUnsparing quality or manner
starkness · bleakness · barrenness · spareness · rigidity · cheerlessness · joylessness · unwelcoming
- touchtouch, feel, touching, caress, feeling
- Cold Sensationschill, chills, shiver, shivers, shivering
- first impressionsfirst impression, first impressions, initial reaction, snap judgment, snap judgments
- indifferenceapathy, indifference, unconcern, disinterest, nonchalance
- insensitivitycallousness, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, inconsideration, indifference
- physical propertiessolid, texture, weight, mass, surface