Absence of warmth
1cold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. iciness; ailment, flu. adj. chilling (see cold); unheated; unresponsive, indifferent, unenthusiastic. See cold, disease, insensibility. II Condition of low temperature Nouns 1. cold, coldness,… …
2cold — I. a. 1. Devoid of warmth or heat, chilled, frigid, gelid, cool, cooled. 2. Bleak, raw, biting, cutting, nipping, chill, chilly, boreal, arctic, polar, frosty, icy, wintry, hyemal, brumal. 3. Chilly, chill, shivering. 4. Apathetic, unsympathetic …
3severe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. austerity, serious, earnest; rigorous, trying; harsh, strict; sharp, distressing, extreme. See severity, importance, adversity. Ant., relaxed, laissez faire. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Stern] Syn.… …
4severe — [sə vir′] adj. severer, severest [< MFr < OFr < L severus, prob. < se , apart (see SECEDE) + IE base * wer , (to be) friendly > OE wær, faith, pledge, bond (of friendship)] 1. harsh, strict, or highly critical, as in treatment;… …
5inhumanity — noun (plural ties) Date: 15th century 1. a. the quality or state of being cruel or barbarous b. a cruel or barbarous act 2. absence of warmth or geniality ; impersonality …
6severe — adjective (severer; est) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin severus Date: 1548 1. a. strict in judgment, discipline, or government b. of a strict or stern bearing or manner ; austere 2. rigorous in restraint, punishment …
7distance — distanceless, adj. /dis teuhns/, n., v., distanced, distancing. n. 1. the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc. 2. the state or fact of being apart in space, as of one thing from another; remoteness. 3. a linear extent …
8distance — dis•tance [[t]ˈdɪs təns[/t]] n. v. tanced, tanc•ing 1) the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc 2) the state or fact of being apart in space, as of one thing from another; remoteness 3) a linear extent of space: to… …
9cool|ness — «KOOL nihs», noun. 1. the condition of being or feeling cool; cool quality or sensation. 2. Figurative. freedom from excitement; calmness: »Only [his] coolness and tact averted a conflict (John Richard Green). 3. Figurative. lack of fervor or… …
10literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
