Blithe and Cool

adjective

• Lacking or showing a lack of due concern.
  • usage: "spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation"
• Carefree and happy and lighthearted.
  • usage: "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart"
  • synonyms: blithesome, lighthearted, lightsome, light-hearted

• Anglo-Saxon: Form of Blythe - joyous
• English: Form of Blythe. Joyous

noun

• The quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature.
  • usage: "the cool of early morning"
• Great coolness and composure under strain.
  • usage: "keep your cool"
  • synonyms: aplomb, assuredness, poise, sang-froid

verb

• Make cool or cooler.
  • usage: "Chill the food"
  • synonyms: chill, cool down
• Loose heat.
  • usage: "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
  • synonyms: chill, cool down
• Lose intensity.
  • usage: "His enthusiasm cooled considerably"
  • synonyms: cool off, cool down

adjective

• Neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat.
  • usage: "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze"
• Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional.
  • usage: "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament"
  • synonyms: coolheaded, nerveless
• Color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets. (
  • usage: "cool greens and blues and violets"
• Psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike.
  • usage: "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes"
• Used of a number or sum. ( without exaggeration or qualification)
  • usage: "a cool million bucks"
• Fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept.
  • usage: "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early"

• (superl.) Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.
• (superl.) Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
• (superl.) Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
• (superl.) Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.
• (superl.) Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
• (superl.) Not ardent, warm, fond or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.
• (v.i.) To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.
• (n.) A moderate state of cold; coolness; -- said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.
• (v.t.) To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.
• (v.t.) To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.
• (v.i.) To become less hot; to lose heat.