Meanings
comparative more stone-cold · superlative most stone-cold · alternative stone cold · alternative stonecold
- Completely cold.
By the time I returned to my desk, my tea was stone-cold.
- Without emotion.
He was a stone-cold killer: he didn't flinch as he took the shot.
- Absolute; incomparable.
With an ace-high flush on an unpaired board, he had the stone-cold nuts.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecompletely cold
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 涼透了 /凉透了, 冰冷的
- 涼透了 /凉透了 (liáng tòule)completely cold
- 冰冷的 (bīnglěng de)completely cold
- 徹底寒冷的 /彻底寒冷的 (chèdǐ hánlěng de)completely cold
- 冷血的 (lěngxuè de)without emotion
- 無感情的 /无感情的 (wú gǎnqíng de)without emotion
- 冷漠的 (lěngmò de)without emotion
- 絕對的 /绝对的 (juéduì de)absolute; incomparable
- 無可比擬的 /无可比拟的 (wúkěbǐnǐ de)absolute; incomparable
- 無與倫比的 /无与伦比的 (wúyǔlúnbǐ de)absolute; incomparable
Finnish jääkylmä, kylmä
- jääkylmäcompletely cold
- kylmäwithout emotion
- jääkylmäwithout emotion
- tunteetonwithout emotion
- täysiabsolute; incomparable
German eiskalt, eiskalt
- eiskaltcompletely cold
- eiskaltwithout emotion
Cite this entry
stone-cold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone-cold
“stone-cold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone-cold. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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