Cool meaning

ko͝ol

Knowledgeable or aware of the latest trends or developments.

Spent all his time trying to be cool.

adjective

Acceptable; satisfactory.

It's cool if you don't want to talk about it.

adjective

To make less warm.

verb

Excellent; first-rate.

Has a cool sports car; had a cool time at the party.

adjective

Entire; full.

Worth a cool million.

adjective

In a casual manner; nonchalantly.

Play it cool.

adverb

To become less warm.

Took a dip to cool off.

verb

To become calmer.

Needed time for tempers to cool.

verb

The state or quality of being cool.

noun

To make less ardent, intense, or zealous.

Problems that soon cooled my enthusiasm for the project.

verb

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

verb

A cool place, part, or time.

The cool of early morning.

noun

Composure; poise.

noun

Moderately cold; neither warm nor very cold.

adjective

Tending to reduce discomfort in warm or hot weather.

Cool clothes.

adjective

Showing dislike or indifference; not cordial.

A cool manner.

adjective

Calmly impudent or bold.

adjective

Not suggesting warmth.

adjective

Very good, pleasing, etc.; excellent.

adjective

In agreement or accord.

adjective

Not excited; calm; composed.

Cool in an emergency.

adjective

Marked by control of the emotions; restrained.

Cool jazz.

adjective

Emotionally uninvolved; uncommitted; dispassionate.

adjective

In a cool manner.

adverb

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

The cool of the evening.

noun

Cool, dispassionate attitude or manner.

noun

To become cool or colder.

verb

To make cool or colder.

verb

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Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.

adjective

Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

A cool grey colour.

adjective

Of a person, not showing emotion, calm and in self-control.

adjective

Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.

His proposals had a cool reception.

adjective

Calmly audacious.

In control as always, he came up with a cool plan.

adjective

(informal) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.

adjective

(informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.

Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?

adjective

(informal) A dismissal of a comment perceived as boring or pointless.

Ok, that's cool man, but I don't care.

Cool story bro.

adjective

(informal) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.

I'm completely cool about my girlfriend leaving me.

adjective

Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

adjective

A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.

In the cool of the morning.

noun

A calm temperament.

noun

(literally intransitive) To lose heat, to get colder.

I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.

verb

To make cooler, less warm.

verb

(figuratively, intransitive) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.

verb

To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

verb

Neither warm nor very cold; moderately cold.

Fresh, cool water; a cool autumn evening.

adjective

Giving or suggesting relief from heat.

A cool breeze; a cool blouse.

adjective

Marked by calm self-control.

A cool negotiator.

adjective

Marked by indifference, disdain, or dislike; unfriendly or unresponsive.

A cool greeting; was cool to the idea of higher taxes.

adjective

(informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.

adjective

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

adjective

The definition of cool is slightly chilly, but not cold, or a slang term for popular or in style.

An example of cool is typical New England fall weather.

An example of cool is the latest fashionable pair of jeans.

adjective

Origin of cool

From Middle English colen, from Old English cōlian (“to cool, grow cold, be cold”), from Proto-Germanic *kōlēną (“to become cold”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to freeze”). Cognate with Dutch koelen (“to cool”), German kühlen (“to cool”), Swedish, häftig (“cool”)kyla (“to cool, refrigerate”). Also partially from Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan (“to cool, be cold, become cold”), from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną (“to cool”), altered to resemble the adjective cool. See keel.

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