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frosty Definition

frosty (frôs)

adjective frosti·er, frosti·est

  1. producing frost or cold enough to produce frost; freezing
  2. covered with or as with frost; hoary, glistening, etc.
  3. cold in manner or feeling; austere; unfriendly

frosty Related Forms
frosti·ly adverb frosti·ness noun
frosty Synonyms

frosty

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frosty Usage Examples

Preposition: at

  • night: If the weather is frosty at night there is little need for concern.

Modifies a noun

  • morn: There's something distinctly magical about a garden on a cold frosty morn.
  • pod: Of the two fungi, frosty pod is the hardier species, with spores that can travel further in hot, dry conditions.
  • morning: On a frosty morning the mist rising from the harbor is a magical sight.
  • reception: They found a frosty reception waiting for them in Tokyo.
  • weather: Try to avoid planting in very cold frosty weather.
  • night: A later very clear, frosty night allowed some more exacting tests.

Modifying Another Word

  • somewhat: The Naivasha race tends to show pale tipped feathers on their heads which this gives them a somewhat frosty effect.
  • very: Opening the curtains the next morning at 7 brought upon sights of a very frosty forest.
  • slightly: Karen however is slightly frosty toward him, worried about the scrutiny their relationship came under during Helenâs investigation.
  • rather: In Everard Mills ' time they had generally been given a rather frosty reception.
  • little: And the world is not the only place that has become a little frosty.
  • still: So go in alone ( thanks M ) & pay £ 141 & cycle back with 2. Sat 8th Lovely bright still frosty morn.

Used with adjective complement

  • turn: The appeal of the leaves turning brown and the mornings turning frosty seems almost too much.
  • become: Be wary of planting in areas that can become frosty.
  • get: Then, as things do, they got frosty.

Browse dictionary entries near frosty

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