cool

Noun

• the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
  • "the cool of early morning"
• great coolness and composure under strain
  • "keep your cool"
• A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
• A calm temperament.
• The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.

Verb

Verb Forms: cooled, cooling, cools

• To make or become less warm; to calm down.
• make cool or cooler
• loose heat
  • "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
• lose intensity
  • "His enthusiasm cooled considerably"
• To lose heat, to get colder.
• To make cooler, less warm.
• To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
• To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
• To kill, murder.
• To relax, hang out.

Adjective

• Moderately cold; having a relaxed, unruffled manner.
• neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
  • "a cool autumn day"
  • "a cool room"
  • "cool summer dresses"
  • "cool drinks"
  • "a cool breeze"
• (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets
  • "cool greens and blues and violets"
• psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
  • "relations were cool and polite"
  • "a cool reception"
  • "cool to the idea of higher taxes"

Adjective Satellite

• marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
  • "play it cool"
  • "keep cool"
  • "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"
• (used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification
  • "a cool million bucks"
• fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
  • "he's a cool dude"
  • "that's cool"
  • "Mary's dress is really cool"
  • "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early"

Adj

• Of a mildly low temperature.
• Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
• Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
• Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
• Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.
• Calmly audacious.
• Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
• Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
• Fashionable; trendy; hip.
• All right; acceptable; good.
• Very interesting or exciting.
• Followed by with, able to tolerate.
• Of a pair of people, Having good relations.

Examples

• Be cool. There's no need to panic.
• Despite the pressure, the pro player remained cool and chose the perfect word.
• His proposals had a cool reception.
• I had to cool my temper after my Words With Friends opponent challenged a valid bingo.
• I like cool weather the most 'cause it's not too hot to wear a jacket but I won't be too cold in my shorts.
• I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.
• I think astronomy is really cool.
• I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me.
• If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors.
• in the cool of the morning
• Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?
• Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia.
• Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.
• We're cool, right?

Synonyms

aplomb, assuredness, chill, cool down, cool off, coolheaded, nerveless, poise, sang-froid, ;, OK, acceptable, all right, awesome, bool, calmness, chill#Verb, chilly, composure, deheat, distant, easy, fashionable, fine, happening, hip, in, in fashion, lukewarm, modish, neat, not bothered, not fussed, phlegmatic, refrigerate, standoffish, stylish, tepid, trendy, unemotional, à la mode

Antonyms

heat, warm, awkward, bothered, démodé, heat up, heat#Verb, lukewarm, not cricket, not on, old hat, out, out of fashion, passionate, tepid, unacceptable, uncool, upset, warm up, warm#Verb

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