Definition of Frosty

1. Adjective. Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. "Wintry smile"

Exact synonyms: Frigid, Frozen, Glacial, Icy, Wintry
Similar to: Cold
Derivative terms: Frigidity, Frigidness, Iciness

2. Adjective. Covered with frost. "Hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"
Exact synonyms: Rimed, Rimy
Similar to: Cold
Derivative terms: Frost, Frost, Frostiness

3. Adjective. Pleasantly cold and invigorating. "Snappy weather"
Exact synonyms: Crisp, Nipping, Nippy, Snappy
Similar to: Cold
Derivative terms: Frost, Frostiness, Nip, Snap, Snap

Definition of Frosty

1. a. Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing; as, a frosty night.

Definition of Frosty

1. Proper noun. A generic name for a snowman. ¹

2. Adjective. Cold, chilly. ¹

3. Adjective. Having frost on it. ¹

4. Adjective. (figuratively) Having an aloof or inhospitable manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frosty

1. covered with frost [adj FROSTIER, FROSTIEST] : FROSTILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frosty

frostinglike
frostings
frostless
frostlike
frostline
frostlines
frostnip
frostnips
frostproof
frosts
frostweed
frostweeds
frostwork
frostworks
frostwort
frosty
froterer
froth
froth at the mouth
froth pack
frothed
frother
frothers
frothery
frothier
frothiest
frothily
frothiness
frothinesses

Literary usage of Frosty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by Taylor and Francis, William Jardine (1847)
"Frosty: cloudy: clear and frosty. 13. Frosty: cloudy: severe frost at night. ... Rain: clear and frosty at night. 22. Slight frost and fog : fine : clear. ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1853)
"Clear and frosty : fine : clear, with sharp frost at night. 22. Frosty : rain: overcast. ... Clear and frosty : cold dry air : clear and frosty at night. ..."

3. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"Clear and frosty. Guns heard down the river. Some 700 barrels of flour were ... Clear and frosty. We learn vaguely that the attack on the defenses of ..."

4. Hall's Journal of Health by W. W. Hall (1867)
"Few have failed to observe' what a vigor and elasticity are imparted to both mind and body by a frosty atmosphere, and what a loss of all these there is in ..."

5. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"While frosty winds blaw in the drift, . . Ep. to Davie. ... They bar the door on frosty win's ; . The Tiva Dogs. го. Loud blaw the frosty breezes, 0'. ..."

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