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icy
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ic·y  (s)
adj. ic·i·er, ic·i·est
1. Containing or covered with ice: an icy road.
2. Bitterly cold; freezing: an icy day. See Synonyms at cold.
3.
a. Resembling ice: icy fingers.
b. Chilling in manner: an icy stare; icy detachment.

ici·ly adv.
ici·ness n.

icy
Adjective
[icier, iciest]
1. freezing or very cold
2. covered with ice: an icy runway
3. cold or reserved in manner
icily adv
iciness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.icy - 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.icy - extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar 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"
3.icy - covered with or containing or consisting of ice; "icy northern waters"
frozen - turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children skating on a frozen brook"
4.icy - shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice; "roads and trees glazed with an icy film"
shiny, glazed - having a shiny surface or coating; "glazed fabrics"; "glazed doughnuts"

icy
adjective 1. cold, freezing, bitter, biting, raw, chill, chilling, arctic, chilly, frosty, glacial, ice-cold, frozen over, frost-bound << OPPOSITE hot
adjective 2. slippery, glassy, slippy (informal), (dialect) like a sheet of glass, rimy
adjective 3. unfriendly, cold, distant, hostile, forbidding, indifferent, aloof, stony, steely, frosty, glacial, frigid, unwelcoming << OPPOSITE friendly
Translations

icy [ˈaɪsɪ] adj [road] → helado;
(fig) → glacial
icy [ˈaɪsɪ] adjglacé(e); [road] → verglacé(e); [weather, temperature] → glacial(e)
icy [ˈaɪsɪ] adjeisig;
(road) → vereist
icy [ˈaɪsɪ] adjghiacciato/a; [weather, temperature] → gelido/a

icy ice

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