cool
Americanadjective
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moderately cold; neither warm nor cold.
a rather cool evening.
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feeling comfortably or moderately cold.
I'm perfectly cool, but open the window if you feel hot.
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imparting a sensation of moderate coldness or comfortable freedom from heat.
a cool breeze.
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permitting such a sensation.
a cool dress.
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not excited; calm; composed; under control.
to remain cool in the face of disaster.
- Synonyms:
- quiet, placid, unruffled, self-possessed, collected
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not hasty; deliberate.
a cool and calculated action.
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lacking in interest or enthusiasm.
a cool reply to an invitation.
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lacking in warmth or cordiality.
a cool reception.
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calmly audacious or impudent.
a cool lie.
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aloof or unresponsive; indifferent.
He was cool to her passionate advances.
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unaffected by emotions; disinterested; dispassionate.
She made a cool appraisal of all the issues in the dispute.
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Informal. (of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification.
a cool million dollars.
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(of colors) with green, blue, or violet predominating.
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Slang.
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great; fine; excellent.
a real cool comic.
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characterized by great facility; highly skilled or clever.
cool maneuvers on the parallel bars.
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socially adept.
It's not cool to arrive at a party too early.
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acceptable; satisfactory; okay.
If you want to stay late, that's cool.
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adverb
interjection
noun
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something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc..
in the cool of the evening.
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coolness.
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calmness; composure; poise.
an executive noted for maintaining her cool under pressure.
verb (used without object)
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to become cool (sometimes followed by down oroff ).
The soup cooled in five minutes. We cooled off in the mountain stream.
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to become less ardent, cordial, etc.; become moderate.
verb (used with object)
verb phrase
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cool off to become calmer or more reasonable.
Wait until he cools off before you talk to him again.
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cool down. cooldown.
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cool out to calm or settle down; relax.
cooling out at the beach.
adjective
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moderately cold
a cool day
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comfortably free of heat
a cool room
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producing a pleasant feeling of coldness
a cool shirt
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able to conceal emotion; calm
a cool head
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lacking in enthusiasm, affection, cordiality, etc
a cool welcome
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calmly audacious or impudent
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informal (esp of numbers, sums of money, etc) without exaggeration; actual
a cool ten thousand
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(of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; cold
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(of jazz) characteristic of the late 1940s and early 1950s, economical and rhythmically relaxed
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informal sophisticated or elegant, esp in an unruffled way
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informal excellent; marvellous
adverb
noun
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coolness
the cool of the evening
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slang calmness; composure (esp in the phrases keep or lose one's cool )
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slang unruffled elegance or sophistication
verb
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to make or become cooler
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to lessen the intensity of (anger or excitement) or (of anger or excitement) to become less intense; calm down
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slang (usually imperative) to calm down; take it easy
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to wait or be kept waiting
Related Words
Other Word Forms
- coolingly adverb
- coolingness noun
- coolish adjective
- coolly adverb
- coolness noun
- overcool adjective
- overcoolly adverb
- overcoolness noun
- recool verb
- subcool verb (used with object)
- ultracool adjective
- uncooled adjective
- well-cooled adjective
Etymology
Origin of cool
First recorded before 1000; Middle English col, coul, Old English cōl; cognate with Middle Low German kōl, Old High German kuoli, German kühl; cold, chill
Example Sentences
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Inflation in Japan’s capital cooled below the central bank’s 2% target for the first time in over a year, but the slowdown is unlikely to derail further interest rate hikes.
She looked effortlessly cool on the red carpet in a green leather peplum top and snake print trousers.
From BBC
Yet, before she passes her high school threshold and dives into the brutal deep end of upper secondary education, it’s all cool.
From Salon
Some say that the strong currents and cool temperatures of Scottish waters slow the growth of the fish which helps create a more flavorful, buttery texture.
From Salon
Both tariffs and oil prices are supply shocks, raising the costs of inputs into production of the economy, which are very hard for the Fed to cool.
From MarketWatch
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