Meanings
comparative more cold-eyed · superlative most cold-eyed
- That looks coldly or dispassionately; having a fierce or aloof mein.
Consider the cold-eyed thrush, that springy carnivore of lawns, worm stabber, basher to death of snails.
1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 14Synonyms: frosty, hardhearted, brutal, callous, cold, insensate, hardhanded, cruel
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat looks coldly or dispassionately; having a fierce or aloof mein.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveunaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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cold-eyed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold-eyed
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