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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. Kelsi Singer:

    The icy material was probably more of a slushy mix of ice and water or more like toothpaste while it flowed out of a volcanic vent onto the surface of Pluto, it is so cold on the surface of Pluto that liquid water can not remain there for long. In some cases, the flow of material formed the massive domes that we see, as well as the lumpy terrain found everywhere in this region.

  2. Mark McGowan:

    She’s bubbly, playing, friendly, sweet. She was eating an icy pole, she spilt it every way. She told me it was very, very sticky, which I believed, and she was just delightful.

  3. 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.

  4. Sebastien Loeb:

    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.

  5. Bennett Freeman:

    Mr. Bach, your neutrality collides with morality and morality lost, human rights are not neutral ; they are universal. Your icy indifference to human rights is chilling.


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