Cold
Cold adjective - Causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer.
Usage example: the couple practiced a cold civility with each other, but they hadn't had a heart-to-heart talk in years
Heartwarming is an antonym for cold.
Heartwarming
Heartwarming adjective - Making one feel good inside.
Usage example: Sarah was deeply touched by the heartwarming welcome she received from her relatives in Israel
Cold is an antonym for heartwarming.
Both words in one sentence
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Sand In My Eyes: Immediately after WOC tells a heartwarming story about Alice, Lillian needs a tissue for a "cold".
Source: Webcomic / Go Get a Roomie! - Silly Symphonies short Three Orphan Kittens, in which said kittens are thrown from a car into a cold and snowy night, only to make their way into a house and cause a lot of cute and heartwarming chaos.
Source: Heartwarming Orphan -
Peter and MJ's wedding was also pretty mundane, save for some typical doubt/cold feet/nerves stuff (heartwarming, but mundane).
Source: Wedding Day
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Heartwarming and Cold. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cold/heartwarming
Cold & Heartwarming. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cold/heartwarming>.
Heartwarming or Cold. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cold/heartwarming.
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