stone-cold

adjective

1. completely cold

adverb

1. (intensifier)

   stone-cold sober

Idioms and Phrases

Unfeeling, insensible, as in That sad story left her stone cold . This analogy was already used by Shakespeare in Henry V (2:3): “Cold as any stone.”

Example Sentences

Plus, coming into “Dune: Prophecy” as a stone-cold uninitiate is a challenge for which the script compensates using a combination of summary via narration and a brief, expository title card.

From Salon

He claims they are ‘stone-cold killers,’ ‘animals’ and ‘the worst people’ who will ‘cut your throat.’

From Salon

She described the opposition as “wanting to go back to a time of desperation and shame and stone-cold fear.”

From Los Angeles Times

One way to view the meteoric growth of women’s college basketball is through the career arc of its current protagonist: Caitlin Clark, the University of Iowa’s stone-cold mad bomber.

From New York Times

It’s just as much a silhouette, but he looks more like a dopey tourist than a stone-cold killer.

From Seattle Times