Synonyms for cold water
cold wa·ter

Princeton's WordNet

1. cold waternoun

   disparagement of a plan or hope or expectation

   "she poured cold water on the whole idea of going to Africa"

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1. • Disparagement

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1. Scott Dresden:

   We typically use ice baths in our emergency department, we'll do cold water immersion.

2. Vern Unsworth:

   It was the only way, some of these kids couldn't swim and they'd been put into cold water with wet suits on and full face mask,( which is) alien to them.

3. Anne Frank:

   Mrs. Van Daan's grizzling is absolutely unbearable; now she can't any longer drive us crazy over the invasion, she nags us the whole day long about the bad weather. It really would be nice to dump her in a bucket of cold water and put her up in the loft.

4. Inna Vladimirskaya:

   The walrus looks much younger than its actual age because it spends so much time in cold water. Humans can reap the same benefits if they are prepared to put the hard work in.

5. Michael Pillsbury:

   This is clearly pouring cold water on individual FBI agents in the field, if this is interpreted to mean give Chinese technology theft cases a lower priority, it's going to be a disaster.