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be cold comfort
Definition
(Definition of be cold comfort from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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be child's play idiom
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be chilled/frozen to the marrow idiom
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be climbing the walls idiom
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be close to the bone idiom
- be cold comfort idiom
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be cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey idiom
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be conspicuous by your absence idiom
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be convulsed with laughter, rage, etc. idiom
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be cooking idiom
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be crazy about sb/sth idiom
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SMART Thesaurus: Saddening, shocking and upsetting
Synonyms and related words:
- a cloud hanging over sb idiom
- affecting adjective
- agonizing adjective
- baleful adjective
- bombast noun
- brass neck noun
- bruising adjective
- distressing adjective
- dolorous adjective
- ego trip noun
- egomania noun
- egotism noun
- hubris noun
- hurtful adjective
- narcissism noun
- poignant adjective
- pride comes/goes before a fall idiom
- unmentionable adjective
- upsetting adjective
- vanity noun (SELFISH)
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