cool
/kuːl/
Dictionary
noun
- A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
"in the cool of the morning"
- A calm temperament.
- The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
adjective
- Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
"Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia."
- Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
"If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors."
- Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
"His proposals had a cool reception."
- Calmly audacious.
"In control as always, he came up with a cool plan."
- Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
- In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
- Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
"Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?"
- Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
"I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me."
- Quietly impudent, defiant, or selfish; deliberately presuming: said of persons and acts.
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