What is another word for icy?
Synonyms for icy
ˈaɪ siicy
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Princeton's WordNet
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, frostyarctic, 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"
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polar, north-polar, cold, gelid, pivotal, diametric, opposite, frosty, diametrical, frozen, glacial, arctic, frigid, wintryicyadjective
covered with or containing or consisting of ice
"icy northern waters"
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polar, glacial, gelid, frosty, frozen, wintry, arctic, frigidicyadjective
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
Editors Contribution
coldadjective
the weather is lower than comfortable.
Submitted by Lollipopslove on May 9, 2022
Dictionary of English Synonymes
icyadjective
Synonyms:
glacialicyadjective
icyadjective
Synonyms:
frigid, indifferent, cold-hearted
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1672 | fixed | |
#1960 | ice | |
#1986 | cold | |
#5425 | opposite | |
#6604 | frozen | |
#7487 | polar | |
#7734 | arctic | |
#11793 | crisp | |
#12521 | freezing | |
#20303 | icy | |
#21478 | pivotal | |
#21958 | iced | |
#25063 | glacial | |
#27777 | frosty | |
#38411 | snappy | |
#52117 | frigid | |
#61943 | wintry | |
#91935 | nipping | |
#117029 | nippy | |
#133733 | wintery | |
#278104 | diametric |
How to use icy in a sentence?
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.
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.
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.
The church is near, but the way is icy, The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully.
I think what makes the difference for me is the preparation of the course making it so icy, which suits me. Thanks for that.
Translations for icy
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- zledovatělý, ledový, mrazivýCzech
- eisigGerman
- glaciaEsperanto
- helado, hieloSpanish
- jäinen, jääkylmä, jäätävä, jääpeitteinenFinnish
- glacéFrench
- reòtaScottish Gaelic
- glacia, glaciatra, glacialaIdo
- ghiacciatoItalian
- 氷のようなJapanese
- ijskoudDutch
- isete, islagt, isbelagt, isnendeNorwegian
- ледяно́й, обледене́лыйRussian
- buzluTurkish
- gladikVolapük
- 冰冷的Chinese
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