coolness

Definition of Coolness in English :

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Noun

1. coolness, imperturbability, imperturbableness

calm and unruffled self-assurance

Example Sentences:
'he performed with all the coolness of a veteran'

2. chilliness, coolness, nip

the property of being moderately cold

Example Sentences:
'the chilliness of early morning'

3. coolness, nervelessness

fearless self-possession in the face of danger

nervelessness

4. chilliness, coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness

a lack of affection or enthusiasm

Example Sentences:
'a distressing coldness of tone and manner'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Coolness

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adjective

1.

moderately cold

a cool day

2.

comfortably free of heat

a cool room

3.

producing a pleasant feeling of coldness

a cool shirt

4.

able to conceal emotion; calm

a cool head

5.

lacking in enthusiasm, affection, cordiality, etc

a cool welcome

6.

calmly audacious or impudent

7. informal

(esp of numbers, sums of money, etc) without exaggeration; actual

a cool ten thousand

8.

(of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; cold

9.

(of jazz) characteristic of the late 1940s and early 1950s, economical and rhythmically relaxed

10. informal

sophisticated or elegant, esp in an unruffled way

11. informal

excellent; marvellous

12. informal

content and accepting

my parents are cool with me being a musician

adverb

13. not standard

in a cool manner; coolly

noun

14.

coolness

the cool of the evening

15. slang

calmness; composure (esp in the phrases keep or lose one's cool)

16. slang

unruffled elegance or sophistication

verb

17. (usually foll by down or off)

to make or become cooler

18. (usually foll by down or off)

to lessen the intensity of (anger or excitement) or (of anger or excitement) to become less intense; calm down

19. cool it

20. cool one's heels

Coolness

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adjective

1.

moderately cold; neither warm nor very cold

2.

tending to reduce discomfort in warm or hot weather

cool clothes

3.

a.

not excited; calm; composed

cool in an emergency

b. US

marked by control of the emotions; restrained

cool jazz

c. Slang

emotionally uninvolved; uncommitted; dispassionate

4.

showing dislike or indifference; not cordial

a cool manner

5.

calmly impudent or bold

6.

not suggesting warmth

said of colors in the blue-green end of the spectrum

7. Informal

without exaggeration

he won a cool thousand dollars

8. US, Slang

very good, pleasing, etc.; excellent

adverb

9.

in a cool manner

noun

10.

a cool place, time, thing, part, etc.

the cool of the evening

11. US, Slang

cool, dispassionate attitude or manner

verb intransitive

12.

to become cool or colder

verb transitive

13.

to make cool or colder

Coolness

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adj. cool·er, cool·est

1. Neither warm nor very cold; moderately cold: fresh, cool water; a cool autumn evening.

2. Giving or suggesting relief from heat: a cool breeze; a cool blouse.

3. Marked by calm self-control: a cool negotiator.

4. Marked by indifference, disdain, or dislike; unfriendly or unresponsive: a cool greeting; was cool to the idea of higher taxes.

5. Of, relating to, or characteristic of colors, such as blue and green, that produce the impression of coolness.

6. Slang

a. Knowledgeable or aware of the latest trends or developments: spent all his time trying to be cool.

b. Excellent; first-rate: has a cool sports car; had a cool time at the party.

c. Acceptable; satisfactory: It's cool if you don't want to talk about it.

7. Slang Entire; full: worth a cool million.

adv.

Informal In a casual manner; nonchalantly: play it cool.

v. cooled, cool·ing, cools

v.tr.

1. To make less warm.

2. To make less ardent, intense, or zealous: problems that soon cooled my enthusiasm for the project.

3. Physics To reduce the molecular or kinetic energy of (an object).

v.intr.

1. To become less warm: took a dip to cool off.

2. To become calmer: needed time for tempers to cool.

n.

1. A cool place, part, or time: the cool of early morning.

2. The state or quality of being cool.

3. Composure; poise: "Our release marked a victory. The nation had kept its cool" (Moorhead Kennedy).

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