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Synonyms for icy
ˈaɪ siicy

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  1. frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintryadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    wintry, frozen, nipping, wintery, frigid, frozen(p), quick-frozen, arctic, snappy, gelid, crisp, rooted(p), fixed, glacial, rimed, flash-frozen, cold, polar, stock-still, rimy, nippy, frosty

    Antonyms:
    hot, unfrozen, unglazed

  2. arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polaradjective

    extremely cold

    "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"

    Synonyms:
    polar, north-polar, cold, gelid, pivotal, diametric, opposite, frosty, diametrical, frozen, glacial, arctic, frigid, wintry

    Antonyms:
    unglazed, unfrozen, hot

  3. icyadjective

    covered with or containing or consisting of ice

    "icy northern waters"

    Synonyms:
    polar, glacial, gelid, frosty, frozen, wintry, arctic, frigid

    Antonyms:
    hot, unfrozen, unglazed

  4. icyadjective

    shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice

    "roads and trees glazed with an icy film"

    Synonyms:
    polar, glacial, gelid, frosty, frozen, wintry, arctic, frigid

    Antonyms:
    unglazed, unfrozen, hot

Editors Contribution1.0 / 1 vote

  1. coldadjective

    the weather is lower than comfortable.

    Submitted by Lollipopslove on May 9, 2022  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. icyadjective

    Synonyms:
    glacial

  2. icyadjective

    Synonyms:
    cold, chilling, frosty

  3. icyadjective

    Synonyms:
    frigid, indifferent, cold-hearted

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. icyadjective

    Synonyms:
    glacial, glacious

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "icy":

    frigid, iced, ice-cold, glacial, freezing, ice, cold, frozen

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How to use icy in a sentence?

  1. Edward Guinan:

    Geothermal heating could support' life zones' under its surface, akin to subsurface lakes found in Antarctica, we note that the surface temperature on Jupiter's icy moon Europa is similar to Edward Emerson Barnard b, but because of tidal heating, Europa probably has liquid oceans under its icy surface.

  2. Ashok Niyogi:

    Empty beer bottles, Crushed packets of Marlboro, Graffiti on stairwells, Blond stubble on heads stuffed with hate, Me, with my circumcised brown vision, Icy blood of undefined pedigree, I am marked for slaughter In the abattoir of the Gulag. I cower behind the Swastika Chained to my door.

  3. John Grunsfeld:

    I think we're one generation away in our solar system, whether it's on an icy moon or on Mars, and one generation [away] on a planet around a nearby star.

  4. Ukranian Proverb:

    The church is near, but the way is icy, The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully.

  5. Marcel Hirscher:

    I think what makes the difference for me is the preparation of the course making it so icy, which suits me. Thanks for that.


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    An antonym for "pesky"
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    • B. pestilent
    • C. plaguey
    • D. agreeable

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