cold-eyed

adjective

ˈkōld-ˈīd 

-ˌīd

: cold in manner or appearance

especially : coolly dispassionate

cold-eyed analysis

Synonyms of cold-eyed

• detached
• distant
• cold
• cool

Examples of cold-eyed in a Sentence

the attendant's cold-eyed stare discouraged any thoughts about having a conversation

under the cold-eyed gaze of the director, I auditioned for the part

Recent Examples on the Web

Beneath them was a relentless worker and a cold-eyed political operator who, almost alone among the wives of French presidents, built a base of power that was her own. — ABC News, 6 June 2026

The setting, which changes from a blank Brutalism to a trailer-park-home installation suggesting one of Arnold’s cold-eyed dioramas, creates its own theatrical coup. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026

In this sense, though Trump is impulsive and narcissistic while Sacks is cold-eyed and logical, they are well matched. — George Packer, The Atlantic, 4 May 2026

Played by a Colman Domingo who is done up to look the most wax figurine of them all in a shellacking of makeup, prosthetics, and colored contacts, Joe is always either giving an avaricious open-mouthed leer or a cold-eyed glare. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cold-eyed

• actinide
• aldehyde
• alkoxide
• alongside
• amplified
• arsenide
• beautified
• biocide
• bisulphide
• butoxide
• calcified
• ceramide