cold-eyed

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English

Adjective

cold-eyed (comparative more cold-eyed, superlative most cold-eyed)

  1. That looks coldly or dispassionately; having a fierce or aloof mein.
    Synonyms: frosty, hardhearted; see also Thesaurus:stern
    • 1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 14:
      Consider the cold-eyed thrush, that springy carnivore of lawns, worm stabber, basher to death of snails.