frosty

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adjective

1. pleasantly cold and invigorating
- crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
- a nipping wind
- a nippy fall day
- snappy weather
• Syn:
crisp, nipping, nippy, snappy
• Similar to:
cold
• Derivationally related forms:
snap (for: snappy), nip (for: nippy), frost, frostiness
2. devoid of warmth and cordiality;
expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
- a frigid greeting
- got a frosty reception
- a frozen look on their faces
- a glacial handshake
- icy stare
- wintry smile
• Syn:
frigid, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry
• Similar to:
cold
• Derivationally related forms:
iciness (for: icy), frigidness (for: frigid), frigidity (for: frigid)
3. covered with frost
- a frosty glass
- "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner
• Syn:
rimed, rimy
• Similar to:
cold
• Derivationally related forms:
frost, frostiness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  crisp, nipping, nippy, snappy, rimed, rimy, frigid, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry