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Definition: Coolness |
CoolnessNoun1. The property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of early morning". 2. Calm and unruffled self-assurance; "he performed with all the coolness of a veteran". 3. Fearless self-possession in the face of danger. 4. A lack of affection or enthusiasm. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coolness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references) |
Synonyms: CoolnessSynonyms: chilliness (n), coldness (n), frigidity (n), imperturbability (n), imperturbableness (n), nervelessness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Caution | Coolness; Adjective: self-possession, self-command; presence of mind, sang froid; well-regulated mind; worldly wisdom, Fabian policy. |
Excitability | Coolness, calmness; Adjective: composure, placidity, |
Hate | Disaffection, disfavor; alienation, estrangement, coolness; enmity; animosity. |
Insensibility | Cold fit, cold blood, cold heart; coldness, coolness; frigidity, sang froid; stoicism, imperturbation; (inexcitability); nonchalance, unconcern, dry eyes; insouciance; (indifference); recklessness; callousness; heart of stone, stock and stone, marble, deadness. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Coolness |
| English words defined with "coolness": aplomb, assuredness ♦ caller, Chillness, cool, cooling ♦ Fraischeur ♦ imperturbability, imperturbableness ♦ poise ♦ sang-froid, self-possession. (references) |
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Screenplays | Have I stepped over some line in the sands of coolness with you, because excuse me if somebody doesn't know the secret handshake with you. (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.) Of course, we do have to test your coolness factor. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson | Property is an intellectual production. The game requires coolness, right reasoning, promptness, and patience in the players. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He would say coarse, obscene, and indecent things with an inexpressible tranquillity and coolness which was elegant. |
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Health | If you feel a coolness, burning, or other unusual sensation in the area of the needle stick when the IV is started, tell your doctor or nurse. (references) | |
In this system, thousands of nerve endingsespecially on the moist surfaces of the eyes, nose, mouth, and throatgive rise to sensations like the sting of ammonia, the coolness of menthol, and the irritation of chili peppers. (references) | ||
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John Adams | 1797-1801 | The judges, therefore, should be always men of learning and experience in the laws, of exemplary morals, great patience, calmness, coolness, and attention. |
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| "Coolness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Coolness" is used about 143 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 143 | 26,451 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
coolness | 15 |
coolness test | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "coolness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qetësi (calm, calmness, composure, countenance, dispassion, ease, equanimity, imperturbability, keep quiet, languor, mum, order, peace, placidity, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, quietude, serenity, shut up, silence, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity, unconcern), gjakftohtësi (aplomb, calmness, equanimity, impassibility, impassivity, moderation, nerve, order, phlegm, placidity, presence of mind, recollection, sangfroid, self control, self possession, serenity, unconcern), ftohtësi (aloofness, chill, coldness, distance, frost, insensitivity, offishness), freski (cool, freshness, youthfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فتور (coldness, frigidity, languishment, letdown, lethargy, sluggishness, tepidity, torpidity, torpor), رباطة جأش (aplomb, collection, composure, equanimity, nonchalance, philosophy, phlegm, placidity, poise, repose, self possession), برودة بإعتدال (cool), برودة (chilliness, coldness, frigidity, phlegm, unfriendliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хладнокръвие (calmness, composure, cool, equanimity, nerve, sangfroid, self possession), хладина (chill, coldness, cool, tepidity), прохлада (cool, fresh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 凉爽. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | chladnokrevnost (cold blood), chlad (chill, cold, coldness, cool), neomalenost (impertinence), klid (calm, calmness, composure, countenance, ease, equanimity, imperturbability, peace, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, repose, rest, serenity, stand, standstill, still, stillness, tranquillity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kuldelagring (cold storage, coolness-storage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | koudeopslag (cold storage, coolness-storage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vilpoisuus (freshness), viileys, raikkaus (freshness), levollisuus (calmness, composure, equanimity), kylmäverisyys (cold-bloodedness, self-possession). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | calme (composed, composure, cool, cool-headed), refroidissement (cold, cooling), fraîcheur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kühle (chill, chilliness, coldness, cool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απάθεια (apathy, apathy towards, aplomb, impassibility, impassiveness, impassivity, insensitivity, nonchalance, stolidity, stolidness), δρόσοσ (dew), ψύχρα (chill, coldness), ψυχρότησ (chillines, cold shoulder, coldness, gelidity, iciness), ψυχρότητα (bleakness, chillines, coldness, gelidity, iciness, stiffness), ψυχραιμία (aplomb, collectedness, composure, nerve, presence of mind, sangfroid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קור רוח (composure, dispassion, nonchalance, presence of mind, sang froid), קור (chill, cold, frigidity), קרירות (coldness, indifference). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | közömbösség (disinterest, impassivity, incuriosity, indifference, listlessness, negligence, neutrality), hûvösség (chill, coldness, cool), frissesség (freshness, lustiness, sweetness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sangue freddo (nerve, phlegm, sangfroid), fresco (blooming, breezy, chilly, cool, crisp, fresh, green, new, recent, shady, virgin, wet), freschezza (freshness), freddezza (cold shoulder, coldness, frigidness, gelidity, stiffness), flemma (calm, phlegm, phlegma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 冷淡 (indifference). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | りょうみ (cool), れいた" (indifference), れいぜ" (before the spirit of the deceased, cold look, cold-heartedness, indifference, lukewarmness), れいせい (calm, composure, diligence, divine nature, serenity, shouts of encouragement, spirituality, your son-in-law), れいりょう, へいき (arms, calmness, composure, occurring simultaneously, ordinance, unconcern, weapons, writing side by side). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fynnyraght (chill), feayrid (chilliness, distance, distance in manner), feayr-chooishaght (apathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oolnesscay calma (aplomb, calm, calmness, composure, cool, countenance, détente, easygoing, halcyon, hush, imperturbability, indifference, lenience, leniency, lull, phlegm, placidity, quiet, quietness, self-possession, serenity, silence, still, temper, tranquility, tranquillity), indiferença (aloofness, apathy, callousness, cold shoulder, coldness, detachment, disinterest, easiness, estrangement, frigidity, insensibility, insouciance, listlessness, lukewarmness, nonchalance, stand-off, unconcern), frieza (bleakness, chill, coldness, frigidity, nonchalance, phlegm, stand-off), frescura (bloom, cool, fairness, newness), fleuma (apathy, indifference, phlegm, stolidity). (various references) calm (calm, calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composed, composure, cool, dispassionate, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, halcyon, lull, passionless, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, sedate, serene, serenity, silence, smooth, sober, sobriety, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled), rãcoare (chill, cold, cool, freshness, jug, limbo, quod, shade, shiver, shudder), rãcealã (ague, chill, chilliness, cold, coldness, cool, distance, freshness, frigidity, frost, go by, reserve, rheum), obrãznicie (audacity, blunder, brass, break, cheek, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, lip, naughtiness, nerve, perkiness, pertness, sauce, trespass, unruliness), indiferenţã (apathy, carelessness, coldness, detachment, disregard, equanimity, frigidity, indifference, insensibility, listlessness, nonchalance, phlegm, recklessness, regardlessness, remissness, sloth, torpor, unconcern), frig (bleak, chill, chilly, cold, coldness, cool, frigidity, frost), aplomb (assurance, cheek, impudence, self possession, self-assurance). (various references) хладнокровие (cold blood, composure, nerve, recollection, sangfroid, self possession). (various references) umerena hladnoća, svežina (buoyant, crispness, flush, freshness, greenness, lustiness). (various references) calma (calm, calm down, calmness, calms, composure, damp, dispassionateness, let up, lull, nonchalance, still, there, unconcern), serenidad (clearheadedness, composure, damp, disaffection, immobility, poise, self control, self possession, serene, serenity, sternness), indiferencia (apathy, coldness, disregard, indifference, nonchalance, perfunctoriness, unconcern), igualdad (dead heat, draw, equability, equality, equalization, evenness, par, parity, sameness, smoothness), frescura (cheek, crispness, familiarity, freshness, nerve, perkiness, recency, ruddiness, sauciness), desapego (detachment, indifference). (various references) svalka (cool, freshness), lugn (calm, comfortable, comfy, composed, composure, cool, cool-headed, countenance, dispassionate, ease, easiness, easy, equability, equable, impassive, impassivity, imperturbability, imperturbable, leisurely, low pressure, orderly, peace, peaceful, philosophical, phlegm, placid, quiescence, quiescency, quiescent, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, restful, sedate, self controlled, self possessed, sequestered, serene, serenity, sheltered, sobriety, tranquil, tranquility, tranquillity, undisturbed, unhurried, unruffled), fräckhet (audacity, brass, cheek, cheekiness, face, front, gall, impudence, insolence, moxie, nerve, rudeness, sauce, wickedness). (various references) yüzsüzlük (boldness, cheek, cheekiness, crust, effrontery, front, gall, impudence, nerve, sauciness, shamelessness), soğukluk (apathy, bleakness, chill, chilliness, cold, coldness, distance, frigidity, frost, frostiness, ill blood, inclemency, inhospitality, phlegm, standoff, stolidity, wintriness), soğukkanlılık (calmness, cold blood, cool, equal mind, imperturbability, nerve, nonchalance, presence of mind, sang froid, sangfroid, self possession), soğuk davranma, serinlik (chill, cool, fresh, freshness), ilgisizlik (apathy, backwater, disinterestedness, indifference, insouciance, listlessness, neglect, phlegm, unconcern, unconcernedness). (various references) seleс (space). (various references) свіжість (dew, freshness, originality, sweetness, verdure, viridity), спокій (balance, calm, calmness, composure, countenance, ease, easiness, impassivity, order, peace, placidity, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, requiescence, rest, serene, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity), холоднокровність (cold-bloodedness, composure, cool, equanimity, nerve, sobriety), прохолода (cool). (various references) sự nguội, sự mát mẻ, sự lạnh, sự không sốt sắng, sự không nhiệt tình sự trơ tráo, sự không biết xấu hổ (shamelessness), sự bình tĩnh sự lãnh đạm, khí mát sự trầm tĩnh. (various references) oerfelgarwch (coldness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | e, ten. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | frigus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coolness": coolnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Coolness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: coaless, coalness, cogness, colneis, colonos, colonus, coonass. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "coolness" (pronounced kuw"lnus) |
| 4 | -l n u s | awfulness, casualness, dullness, fickleness, forcefulness, foulness, fullness, gentleness, harmfulness, hopefulness, idleness, illness, peacefulness, playfulness, reasonableness, resourcefulness, smallness, stillness, thoughtfulness, truthfulness, usefulness, wastefulness, wellness, wholeness, wistfulness, wonderfulness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forgiveness, forthrightness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopelessness, humanness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wetness, whiteness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, witness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: consoles. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-n-o-o-s-s" | |
-1 letter: colones, console, consols, loosens. | |
-2 letters: clones, closes, colone, colons, consol, lesson, locoes, loosen, looses, nooses, scones, snools, socles, solons. | |
-3 letters: clone, clons, close, coles, colon, cones, cools, coons, coses, enols, lenos, locos, loess, loons, loose, loses, noels, nolos, noose, noses, oleos, onces, scone, sloes, snool, socle, soles, solon, solos, sones. | |
-4 letters: cels, cess, clon. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-n-o-o-s-s" | |
+1 letter: colonises, consolers, eclosions. | |
+2 letters: cloisonnes, closedowns, cocounsels, coolnesses, counselors, semicolons. | |
+3 letters: counsellors, myoclonuses, nucleosomes, obsolescent, obsolescing, resorcinols, solanaceous, somnolences, subcolonies. | |
+4 letters: censoriously, cobblestones, cohesionless, colonialness, colorfulness, concessional, confessional, consolidates, disconsolate, interschools, mesocyclones, necrologists, necropolises, obsolescence, processional, scolopendras, scopolamines, semicolonies, sternocostal, synecologies. | |
+5 letters: clamorousness, colorfastness, colorlessness, compressional, confessionals, congressional, convolvuluses, corporealness, counselorship, cyclosporines, cytoskeletons, elocutionists, ferrosilicons, galvanoscopes, gynecologists, laryngoscopes, mononucleoses, mononucleosis, nonconsensual, nondisclosure, obsolescences, obsolescently, oceanologists, processionals, proconsulates, technologists. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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