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frosty

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frost·y  (frôst, frst)
adj. frost·i·er, frost·i·est
1. Producing or characterized by frost; freezing. See Synonyms at cold.
2. Covered with or as if with frost.
3. Silvery white; hoary.
4. Cold in manner: a frosty look; a frosty farewell.

frosti·ly adv.
frosti·ness n.

frosty [ˈfrɒstɪ]
adj frostier, frostiest
1. characterized by frost a frosty night
2. covered by or decorated with frost
3. lacking warmth or enthusiasm the new plan had a frosty reception
4. like frost in appearance or colour; hoary
frostily  adv
frostiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.frosty - 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"
cold - extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold"
2.frosty - covered with frost; "a frosty glass"; "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner
cold - having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"
3.frosty - pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
cold - having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"

frosty
adjective
1. cold, frozen, icy, chilly, wintry, parky (Brit. informal) sharp, frosty nights
2. icy, ice-capped, icicled, hoar (rare), rimy a cat lifting its paws off the frosty stones
3. unfriendly, cold, discouraging, icy, chilly, frigid, off-putting (Brit. informal), unenthusiastic, unwelcoming, standoffish, cold as ice He may get a frosty reception.
Translations
frosty [ˈfrɒstɪ] ADJ (frostier (compar) (frostiest (superl)))
1. [weather] → de helada; [surface] → escarchado
on a frosty morninguna mañana de helada
it was frosty last nightanoche cayó una helada or heló
2. (fig) [smile] → glacial

frosty [ˈfrɒsti] adj
[window, surface] → couvert(e) de givre; [night, morning, air] → glacial(e); [weather] → glacial(e)
It's frosty today → Il gèle aujourd'hui.
[welcome] → glacial(e); [look] → glacial(e)

frosty
adj (+er)
(= cold)frostig; frosty nightFrostnacht f; a clear and frosty nighteine frostklare Nacht; frosty weatherFrostwetter nt
(= frost-covered) ground, grassvon Raureif bedeckt; (= frozen) groundgefroren
(fig) person, reception, response, atmospherefrostig, kühl; lookeisig; relationsunterkühlt

frosty [ˈfrɒstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (weather, also) (fig) → gelido/a; (surface, window) → coperto/a di ghiaccio or di brina
it was frosty last night → ha gelato durante la notte
frosty [ˈfrɒstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (weather, also) (fig) → gelido/a; (surface, window) → coperto/a di ghiaccio or di brina
it was frosty last night → ha gelato durante la notte

frosty تَكَوٌنْ الصقِيع mrazivý frost- frostig παγετώδης helado huurteinen couvert de givre hladan ghiacciato 霜の降りる 서리가 내릴 만큼 추운 vrieskoud iskald mroźny glacial морозный kylig ยะเยือก buzlu đầy sương giá 结霜的


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It was frosty and the air was sharp, but toward evening the sky became overcast and it began to thaw.
Leslie came over to the house of dreams one frosty October night, when moonlit mists were hanging over the harbor and curling like silver ribbons along the seaward glens.
But as I was saying," he resumed, as the negro, still ostentatiously pulling on his yellow gloves, betook himself briskly towards the watering-place, a queer music-hall figure against that grey and frosty scene--"as I was saying, I couldn't describe the man very minutely, but he had a flourish and old-fashioned whiskers and moustachios, dark or dyed, as in the pictures of foreign financiers, round his neck was wrapped a long purple scarf that thrashed out in the wind as he walked.
 
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