Ice-cold
[ahys-kohld] /ˈaɪsˈkoʊld/
adjective
1.
cold as ice:
Her feet were ice-cold.
2.
without warmth of feeling or manner; unemotional; passionless:
an ice-cold reception.
adj.
Old English is-calde; see ice (n.) + cold (adj.).
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