having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument"
firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; "stood resolute against the enemy"; "faced with a resolute opposition"; "a resolute and unshakeable faith"
characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical); "a forceful speaker"; "a forceful personality"; "forceful measures"; "a forceful plan for peace"
the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"
a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"
lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"
of a seeker; far from the object sought
unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"
extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold"
without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him"
no longer new; uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news"
marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
(color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish grey"
(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior; "criminal behavior or conduct that violates the rights of other individuals is antisocial"; "crimes...and other asocial behavior"; "an antisocial deed"
shunning contact with others; "standoffish and antisocial"; "he's not antisocial; just shy"