Definition of "cold-eyed" []

• Cold-bloodedly dispassionate: a cold-eyed appraisal of the situation. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "But boy does it click along, from the moment actor Jesse Eisenberg's cold-eyed, awkward boy genius decides to get back at a girlfriend who dumps him during the opening credits."
• "Sure, there's a new generation to entice - as the also recently reunited Suede have realised successfully - and no doubt a fair percentage of the Brixton crowd will be younger folks wondering who the hell might represent them, when the adults in their line of sight seem intent on exposing themselves as venal, self-serving liars, and their own peers' self-appointed spokespeople are woolly-minded, self-destructive druggies or cold-eyed, MBA-wielding careerists."
• "It was that kind of day, where cold-eyed perspective overshadowed the romance of a new season beginning."