Icy
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English
Adjective
Icy (comparative icier, superlative iciest)
- Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
- Covered with ice, wholly or partially.
- Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.
Related terms
Adverbs for Icy
terribly; unbearably; significantly; horribly; unexpectedly; perilously; dangerously; hazardously; fearfully; impossibly; remarkably; peculiarly; curiously; hideously
Thesaurus
Olympian, Siberian, affectless, algid, aloof, anesthetized, arctic, autistic, backward, bashful, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, blank, blast-frozen, bleak, blunt, boreal, brisk, brumal, catatonic, chill, chilled, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, cold-blooded, coldhearted, congealed, constrained, cool, crisp, cutting, detached, disaccordant, discreet, dispassionate, distant, drugged, dull, emotionally dead, emotionless, exclusive, expressionless, forbidding, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, frostbitten, frosted, frostnipped, frosty, frozen, frozen solid, gelid, glacial, guarded, heartless, hibernal, hiemal, hyperborean, ice, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy-cold, immovable, impassible, impassive, impersonal, inaccessible, inclement, incompatible, indifferent, inexcitable, inhospitable, inimical, insusceptible, introverted, keen, modest, nipping, nippy, nonemotional, numbing, objective, obtuse, offish, out of touch, passionless, penetrating, piercing, pinching, quick-frozen, raw, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, rigorous, seclusive, self-absorbed, severe, sharp, sharp-frozen, shivery, shrinking, sleety, slushy, snappy, soulless, spiritless, standoff, standoffish, stone-cold, strained, subdued, subzero, supercooled, suppressed, tense, unaffable, unaffectionate, unamiable, unamicable, unapproachable, uncongenial, uncordial, undemonstrative, unemotional, unexpansive, unfeeling, unfriendly, ungenial, unharmonious, unimpassioned, unimpressionable, unloving, unpassionate, unresponding, unresponsive, unsociable, unsusceptible, unsympathetic, untouchable, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry, withdrawn
Pronunciation
- IPA: ˈaɪsi
Translations
References
- Icy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Icy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Middle French
Adverb
Icy
Descendants
- French: ici