colder
- 1Comparative of cold.
The northern slopes stay colder well into spring.
Metal handles feel colder to the touch than wooden ones.
Note
Cold takes the -er ending rather than more, as one-syllable adjectives regularly do, and its superlative is coldest. The comparative carries every meaning of cold, not only temperature. A reply can be colder than the last, a stare colder, and a judgment colder in the sense of more impartial. Fear works the same way, so bad news can leave someone colder still. Than introduces what is being compared: colder than ice, colder than before.
Her second letter was colder than the first.
The figures called for a colder, more impartial reading.
colder is a form of cold
cold, adjective: Having a low temperature; lacking warmth, or making the air or a person feel chilled. Full entry
- Spelling
- cold → colder: add -er
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