be inured to cold

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• cold — adj 1. heatless, sunless, cool, chill, chilly, nippy, unheated, unwarmed; frigid, icy, algid, gelid, freezing, ice cold; frosty, wintry, brumal, hibernal, snowy, hoary, rimy; arctic, glacial, polar, hyperborean, hyperboreal, Siberian; bitter,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• cold-blooded — adj 1. unemotional, dispassionate, spiritless, cold; insensitive, unfeeling, uncompassion ate, uncaring, heartless; unkind, pitiless, merciless, hard hearted, cold hearted, marble hearted, stony hearted; unsympathetic, unresponsive, impassive,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• inure — inuredness /in yoor id nis, i noor , in yoord , i noord /, n. inurement, n. /in yoor , i noor /, v., inured, inuring. v.t. 1. to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually fol. by to): inured to cold. v.i …   Universalium

• inure — in•ure [[t]ɪnˈyʊər, ɪˈnʊər[/t]] v. ured, ur•ing 1) to toughen or harden by use or exposure; accustom; habituate (usu. fol. by to): inured to cold[/ex] 2) to come into use; take or have effect 3) to become beneficial or advantageous • Etymology:… …   From formal English to slang

• Insensibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Insensibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 insensibility insensibility insensibleness Sgm: N 1 moral insensibility moral insensibility Sgm: N 1 inertness inertness inertia Sgm: N 1 vis inertiae vis inertiae Sgm: N 1… …   English dictionary for students

• habituate — habituate, accustom, addict, inure mean to make used to something. Habituate distinctively implies the formation of habit through repetition {by constant practice she habituated herself to accurate observation} {to habituate our selves, therefore …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• hardened — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Made hard] Syn. compacted, stiffened, stiff; see firm 2 . 2. [Inured to labor or hardship] Syn. disciplined, trained, accustomed, habituated, inured, resistant, steeled, toughened, seasoned. Ant. unaccustomed,… …   English dictionary for students

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

• insensibility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of physical or emotional feeling Nouns 1. (physical numbness) insensibility, insensibleness; impassibility, impassibleness, impassivity; inappetency, apathy, phlegm, dullness, hebetude, supineness,… …   English dictionary for students

• chill — n 1. cold, coldness, frigidity, gelidity, algidity, iciness; glaciation, Physics. regelation; briskness, chilliness, coolness; bitterness, rawness, bleakness; shivers, numbness, Pathol. algor. 2. influenza, flu, grippe, Inf. bug; fever, ague,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• passionless — adj 1. cold, unemotional, frigid, frozen, icy, cold hearted; emotionless, emotionally dead or numb, unresponsive, unaffectionate, unloving, immovable, untouchable; undesirous, desireless, inappe tent, unenthusiastic, uneager, bored, uninterested; …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder