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cold-fish

ADJECTIVE
dispassionate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abstract candid detached disinterested sober unbiased unemotional
WEAK
aloof calm cold-blooded collected composed cool cool cat couldn't care less fair iceberg impersonal imperturbable indifferent judicial just laid back moderate neutral nondiscriminatory nonpartisan objective poker-faced quiet serene temperate tough unexcitable unexcited unflappable uninvolved unmoved unprejudiced unruffled
Antonyms
STRONGEST
biased interested prejudiced
WEAK
emotional excited feeling involved moved partial passionate subjective
cold fish
NOUN
unemotional person
Synonyms
WEAK
aloof person iceberg unfeeling person

Example Sentences

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Episodes of the popular television series “The Crown” portrayed him as a cold fish, a cruel man, uncomfortable with himself.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

Detractors called him “Slippery Slade” and “living proof that not all cold fish comes in a can.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2020

This is charming but also compatible with Tesla’s portrait of Edison as a cold fish.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2020

If he lost his way, his cold fish of a son never quite caught up to the pace of democratization either.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2019

Clara, unshakable, led Blanca to a chair and served her a plate of cold fish with caper sauce.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende