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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?
The infrared shows us that the surface of the south pole is young, which is not a surprise because we knew about the jets that blast icy material there, now, thanks to these infrared eyes, you can go back in time and say that one large region in the northern hemisphere appears also young and was probably active not that long ago, in geologic timelines.
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 what makes the difference for me is the preparation of the course making it so icy, which suits me. Thanks for that.
The opening has not been too bad, even if it is not easy to start in the night and in icy conditions, the first stage went OK but we didn't select the best tyres for the second one and we suffered as a result of that. We perhaps under-estimated the performance gap between the slick tyres and four snow tyres.
Transportation Commissioner Russell McMurry:
As the forecast has evolved, it has become more likely that a significant area of Georgia will experience icy conditions as part of the incoming storm system.
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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