Definition: characteristic of or occurring in winter
Usage: suffered severe wintry weather; brown wintry grasses
Similar words: brumal, hibernal, hiemal
Definition: characteristic of or relating to winter
Usage: bears in brumal sleep
Similar words: winter-blooming, winter-flowering
Definition: of plants that bloom during the winter
Synonyms: glacial, icy, wintry, frigid, frosty, frozen
Definition: devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
Usage: a frigid greeting; got a frosty reception; a frozen look on their faces; a glacial handshake; icy stare; wintry smile
Similar words: cold
Definition: extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
Usage: a cold unfriendly nod; a cold and unaffectionate person; a cold impersonal manner; cold logic; the concert left me cold