1. Lacking emotion, affection, friendliness, feeling, or passion.
Quote: Con artist Eddie (Dana Carvey) and Connie (Sally Gracie) in Opportunity Knocks (1990): -- Eddie: ' This chick is cold.' -- Connie: ' So warm her up.'
2. Displaying no emotional warmth; unresponsive; frigid.; not sensuous or amatory. Cold biscuit, cold coffee, cold tea, cold pan, cold shoulder, cold storage, an unresponsive person, usually a woman. See also: block of ice; freezer; iceberg; marble heart. ' S/Hhe's not cold, s/he's a nice soft cool.'
Quotes:
(1) Bob Brooks (Reginald Denny) to his wife Angela (Kay Johnson) in Madam Satan (1930): ' I think you're above all women, but below zero.'
(2) Robert Crain/Hans Kyle (Marlon Brando) to Col. Statter (Trevor Howard) in Morituri (1965): -- Crain/Kyle: ' You're a cold bastard! ' -- Col. Statter: ' I was born on a chilly island.'