frosty

[ fraw-stee, fros-tee ]
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adjective,frost·i·er, frost·i·est.
  1. characterized by or producing frost; freezing; very cold: frosty weather.

  2. consisting of or covered with a frost: frosty designs on the windows; an avenue of frosty trees.

  1. lacking warmth of feeling; unfriendly: Their frosty greeting puzzled us.

  2. resembling frost; white or gray: a wedding dress of frosty satin.

  3. of or characteristic of old age: a frosty brow.

Origin of frosty

1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at frost, -y1

Other words from frosty

  • frost·i·ly, adverb
  • frost·i·ness, noun
  • frostless, adjective
  • un·frost·y, adjective

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How to use frosty in a sentence

  • It was very chilly, and they had brought along no wraps to protect them from the frostiness of the upper air.

  • She had been crying, but the tears had frozen to pearls on her cheeks, and filled her eyelashes with delicate frostiness.

    The Gold Brick | Ann S. Stephens
  • To Mrs. Blackwell's dismay, he raised one of the dining-room windows, admitting a pungent frostiness of October evening.

    Shandygaff | Christopher Morley
  • Even the color due to the frostiness of the outdoor air was replaced by an angry pallor.

    Peggy Raymond's Way | Harriet Lummis Smith
  • The day was a sour November day—with the half-mist and half-frostiness that sometimes ushers in the Paris winter.

British Dictionary definitions for frosty

frosty

/ (ˈfrɒstɪ) /


adjectivefrostier or frostiest
  1. characterized by frost: a frosty night

  2. covered by or decorated with frost

  1. lacking warmth or enthusiasm: the new plan had a frosty reception

  2. like frost in appearance or colour; hoary

Derived forms of frosty

  • frostily, adverb
  • frostiness, noun

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