cold

cold

Extremely ruthless, cruel, or unfeeling. I can't believe you laid them all off just before Christmas. That was cold, Tom. You just hung up on your own mother? Whew, that's cold! A: "It was a hit-and-run." B: "Who would hit someone and just leave them in the street to die? That's so cold, man."

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cold

1. mod. [stopping something] suddenly and totally. I stopped cold—afraid to move further.

2. mod. dead. This parrot is cold—pifted!

3. mod. not good. The lecture was cold and dull.

4. mod. excellent. (Very cool.) That last pitch was cold, man.

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