COOL

Cool

Coolness is an admired aesthetic of attitude, behavior, comportment, appearance and style, influenced by and a product of the Zeitgeist. Because of the varied and changing connotations of cool, as well its subjective nature, the word has no single meaning. It has associations of composure and self-control and often is used as an expression of admiration or approval. Although commonly regarded as slang, it is widely used among disparate social groups, and has endured in usage for generations.

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cool

Noun

  1. A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
    in the cool of the morning

Verb

  1. To lose heat, to get colder.
    I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.
  2. To make cooler, less warm
  3. To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
    Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.
  4. To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

Adjective

  1. Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
  2. Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
  3. Of a person, not showing emotion, calm and in self-control.
  4. Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
  5. Calmly audacious.
  6. Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
  7. In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
  8. Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
  9. A dismissal of a comment perceived as boring or pointless.
  10. Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.


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