wintry

  • 11wintry — adj. (also wintery) (; wintrier, wintriest) 1 characteristic of winter (wintry weather; a wintry sun; a wintry landscape). 2 (of a smile, greeting, etc.) lacking warmth or enthusiasm. Derivatives: wintrily adv. wintriness n. Etymology: OE wintrig …

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  • 12wintry — adjective 1) wintry weather Syn: bleak, cold, chilly, chill, frosty, freezing, icy, snowy, blizzardy, arctic, glacial, bitter, raw, hypothermic; informal nippy Ant …

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  • 13wintry — also wintery adjective (wintrier; est) Date: before 12th century 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of winter 2. a. weathered by or as if by winter ; aged, hoary b. cheerless, chilling < a wintry greeting > …

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  • 14wintry — adj. Wintry is used with these nouns: ↑shower, ↑sky, ↑sun, ↑weather …

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  • 15wintry — also win.ter.y adjective like winter, or typical of winter, especially because it is cold: a wintry night …

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  • 16wintry — adjective a) suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy b) aged, white( haired etc.) …

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  • 17wintry — Synonyms and related words: Siberian, aestival, algid, arctic, autumn, autumnal, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, canicular, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, crisp, cutting …

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  • 18wintry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. raw, brisk, cold. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. chilly, frosty, icy, snowy, frigid, cold, bleak, raw, biting, hiemal, cutting. Ant. warm*, summery, balmy. III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. hiemal,&#8230; …

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  • 19wintry — win·try || wɪntrɪ adj. resembling winter (i.e. cold, rainy, snowy, stormy, etc.); gloomy, cheerless …

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  • 20wintry — (also wintery) adjective (wintrier, wintriest) characteristic of winter, especially in being very cold or bleak. Derivatives wintrily adverb wintriness noun …

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