Synonyms for glacial
ˈgleɪ ʃəlglacial

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1. glacialadjective

   relating to or derived from a glacier

   "glacial deposit"

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

   Antonyms:
   hot

2. 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, icy, wintery, frigid, frozen(p), quick-frozen, arctic, snappy, gelid, crisp, rooted(p), fixed, rimed, flash-frozen, cold, polar, stock-still, rimy, nippy, frosty

   Antonyms:
   hot

3. 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, icy, cold, gelid, pivotal, diametric, opposite, frosty, diametrical, frozen, arctic, frigid, wintry

   Antonyms:
   hot

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1. glacialadjective

   Synonyms:
   icy

2. glacialadjective

   Synonyms:
   of glaciers

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1. List of paraphrases for "glacial":

   ice, glaciated, frigid, glacier, icy

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1. Azizullah Chitrali:

   I steer (them) to protect our communities and their livelihoods from any potential glacial lake flood threat or other disasters like landslides or earthquakes that could occur at any time.

2. Sam Hook:

   One of the things that we noticed which was quite interesting was that these lakes are actually, in some cases, warming faster than the air temperatures because the air temperatures, you know, change in an instant, whereas the water temperatures, they reflect what is going on in the entire environment around them. So, it could be a reflection of there being less cloud cover, it could be a consequence of more glacial melt water coming into the lake. All these different processes taking place and they integrate them and they warm more gradually but the consequences of that warming can be very serious.

3. Curtis Marean:

   This unique confluence of food from the land and sea cultivated the complex cultures revealed by the archaeology and provided safe harbor for humans during the glacial cycles that revealed that plain and made much of the rest of the world unwelcoming to human life.

4. Tom Robinson:

   These glacial dams are no different to constructed dams, if you take the Hoover Dam, for instance, you’ve got a massive lake behind it, but if you suddenly remove the Hoover Dam, that water has to go somewhere, and it’s going to come cascading down a valley in massive flood waves.

5. Alcee Hastings:

   Meteors fizz out, what she will learn in this institution is that it's glacial to begin with, and therefore no matter how far you rise, that's just how far you will ultimately get your comeuppance.