cold fish

cold fish

noun

Definition of COLD FISH

: a cold aloof person

Examples of COLD FISH

1. She's a lovely person, but her husband's a bit of a cold fish.
2. <her husband is such a cold fish that I'm reluctant to have them over for dinner>

First Known Use of COLD FISH

1924

Related to COLD FISH

Synonyms: cold turkey, iceberg, icicle

Related Words: clam, stick, wallflower; prig, snob, snoot, snot, stuffed shirt

Near Antonyms: dear, sweetheart, sweetie

[+]more[-]hide

Rhymes with COLD FISH

batfish, billfish, blackfish, blindfish, blowfish, bluefish, bonefish, catfish, codfish, cowfish, crawfish, crayfish, death wish, deep-dish, dogfish, filefish, finfish, flatfish, fly-fish, game fish, garfish, globefish, goatfish, goldfish, goosefish, hagfish, hogfish, Irtysh, jewfish, kingfish, knish, lungfish, lumpfish, milkfish, monkfish, moonfish, oarfish, panfish, pigfish, pinfish, pipefish, ratfish, redfish, rockfish, rough fish, sailfish, sawfish, shellfish, side dish, spearfish, sport fish, starfish, stonefish, sunfish, swordfish, tilefish, toadfish, trash fish, trunkfish, unwish, weakfish, whitefish