colder

When something is colder, it is colder than usual. Things that are colder than usual usually have a lot of ice or snow on them.

  • It was colder outside today than it has been in a while.

  • The wind is colder than usual.

Definition of colder

adjective

(of a thing) Having a low temperature.

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(of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.

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(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

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Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.

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Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.

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Completely unprepared; without introduction.

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Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.

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(usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.

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(usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.

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Not pungent or acrid.

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Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.

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Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.

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Not sensitive; not acute.

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Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.

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Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.

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Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.

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Without compassion; heartless; ruthless

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Example Sentences for colder

  • 1

    Summer is moderate and the winter is chilling cold.

  • 2

    The species is cold adapted and hibernates in the winter.

  • 3

    The summers are faintly warm and the winters are cold.

  • 4

    The weather was cold and later changed to sleet and snow.

  • 5

    The climate is mild in the summer to moderately cold in the winters.

  • 6

    The summers are hot and merciless, the winters cold and damp.

  • 7

    Because of the bitter cold and snow, she suffered frostbite.

  • 8

    Anticyclone forms above the cold continent during winter.

  • 9

    In the winter, the city can get bitterly cold and dry.

  • 10

    The summers were hot and dusty, the winters cold and wet.