leave someone cold

verb

To fail to impress or make an emotional connection with someone.

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Meanings

verbleave someone cold (third-person singular simple present leaves someone cold, present participle leaving someone cold, simple past and past participle left someone cold)

present singular third person leaves someone cold · participle present leaving someone cold · participle past left someone cold · past left someone cold

  1. To fail to impress or make an emotional connection with someone.

    Interpersonal issues left her cold, but give her a computer and a problem to solve ? Pure heaven.

    2014, Cherry Adair, Ice Cold, Adair Digital, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    So I tell her just a little, how an entire date with Ethan can leave me cold, but one single glance from Gabriel can set my blood on fire.

    2013, Courtney Cole, If You Leave: The Beautifully Broken Series:, Hachette UK, →ISBN

    He is obviously uninterested and my attempt to talk a little about what I have read leaves him cold.

    2010, Robert Fox, We Were There: An Eyewitness History of the Twentieth Century, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 71

Translations

Finnish jättää kylmäksi
  • jättää kylmäksiTranslations
French laisser de marbre
  • laisser de marbreTranslations
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leave someone cold,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leave%20someone%20cold.

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