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icy

[ahy-see] / ˈaɪ si /
ADJECTIVE
frozen; slippery when frozen
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chilly cold freezing frigid frosty glacial polar raw
WEAK
algific antarctic arctic biting bitter chill chilled to the bone chilling frigorific frost-bound frozen over gelid glaring iced refrigerated rimy shivering shivery sleeted smooth as glass
Antonyms
STRONGEST
heated hot warm
WEAK
unfrozen watery
ADJECTIVE
aloof
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cold distant forbidding frigid frosty glacial steely stony
WEAK
chill emotionless hostile indifferent unemotional unfriendly unwelcoming
Antonyms
STRONGEST
amicable friendly hot sympathetic warm

Example Sentences

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ICY EYES: Snowflakes clung to nine-year-old Tamya Hardy's eyelashes as she played in the snow with friends Tuesday in Winston-Salem, N.C.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2014

ICY START: A boy scraped ice from the windshield of his parents' car as his mother watched in Isleworth, West London, Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2013

ICY STEPS.—Salt strewed upon the door-steps in winter will cause the ice to crack, so that it can be easily removed.

From The American Frugal Housewife by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

Vocabulary lists containing icy

Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -y

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