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cool

/kuːl/
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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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