icy (redirected from icier)

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.

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ici·ly adv.

ici·ness n.

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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

Thesaurus

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" frosty, glacial, wintry, frozen, frigid 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" gelid, arctic, frigid, glacial, polar 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"

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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] adj → glacé(e); [road] → verglacé(e); [weather, temperature] → glacial(e)

icy [ˈaɪsɪ] adj → eisig;

(road) → vereist

icy [ˈaɪsɪ] adj → ghiacciato/a; [weather, temperature] → gelido/a

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icy ice