adjective
frost′i·er, frost′i·est- producing frost or cold enough to produce frost; freezing
- covered with or as with frost; hoary, glistening, etc.
- cold in manner or feeling; austere; unfriendly
frosty
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frosty
adjective
frost·i·er, frost·i·est- Producing or characterized by frost; freezing. See Synonyms at cold.
- Covered with frost: looked out the frosty windows on the cold, winter morning.
- Silvery white; hoary: frosty hair.
- Cold in manner; unfriendly: a frosty look; a frosty farewell.
- Lacking enthusiasm: The movie got a frosty review.
Related Forms:
- frost′i·ly
adverb
- frost′i·ness
noun
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Adjective
(comparative frostier, superlative frostiest)
- Cold, chilly.
- The air was frosty; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets.
- I'd like a frosty milkshake.
- Having frost on it.
- The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year.
- (figuratively) Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.
- After the divorce, she was civil but frosty to her ex.
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Sentence Examples
- The nights in winter are frosty and snow falls occasionally.
- A cold north-west wind, with frosty nights and sunny days in alternation, tends to incite the flow, which is more abundant during the day than the night.
- - Wheel out manure and composts during frosty weather; trench vacant ground not turned up roughly in autumn.
- The balmy weather of Thanksgiving Day had given way to a frosty day after.
- I have met people so empty of joy, that when I clasped their frosty finger tips, it seemed as if I were shaking hands with a northeast storm.
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