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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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Not only has a slew of HR complaints tempered her icy remarks, but slashed budgets and declining readership have forced her hand.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

All aboard the SS “Titanique,” a Broadway pleasure cruise traveling through some notoriously icy waterways.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

IKATEQ, Greenland—Deep in a remote fjord in Greenland, hundreds of rusty fuel drums known locally as “American flowers” litter the icy wilderness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Hydrothermal activity is believed to exist on the ocean floors of icy moons such as Jupiter's Europa and Saturn's Enceladus.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The bag filled rapidly with icy water, and in the wet darkness that stank of rotten cabbages and leaves, Anya and Ivan struggled to find a way out.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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