frosty

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (1)  · 
“
Last year, when Palin announced the state was abandoning plans for the so-called "bridge to nowhere" in Southeast Alaska, she was met with what could kindly be described as a frosty reception from the delegation.

View all »
Definitions (13)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (4)

  1. adjective Producing or characterized by frost; freezing. See Synonyms at cold.
  2. adjective Covered with or as if with frost.
  3. adjective Silvery white; hoary.
1 more from this dictionary »

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (5)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (3)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • It had been frosty, the night preceding 5 November, and a thick white rime stuck like snow to walls and railings and doorsteps. —  A Demon In My View
  • His reception there was exceedingly frosty, and the mention of his two years on the ragged edge of court life at Madrid, in later years brought to his face a grim smile. —  Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3
  • The Ode is frosty, as written in winter, within the four walls of a college chamber. —  Milton
  • Last year, when Palin announced the state was abandoning plans for the so-called "bridge to nowhere" in Southeast Alaska, she was met with what could kindly be described as a frosty reception from the delegation. —  BeldarBlog
  • "The night is frosty, and you'll sleep all the better for a sniff of fresh air What are you so glum about?" —  Jewel Weed
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 67 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Add a related word »
Related

Roget's II Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Allen's Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

wintry ·  icy ·  chilly ·  cloudy ·  dewy ·  sunny ·  cloudless ·  silvery ·  snowy ·  sultry ·  autumnal ·  watery
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Etymologies (1)

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. from Middle English frosty (= Dutch vorstig = Middle Low German vrostich = Old High German frostag, Middle High German vrostec, vrostic, German frostig = Old Danish Swedish frostig), from Anglo-Saxon fyrstig (*frostig in Somner, not authenticated) (cf. forstlīc, frosty), from forst, frost, frost: see frost.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈfrɔsti/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word exactly 42 times a year.

Recently looked up

triumph · umlaut · gratify · universe · employments

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

wub wub · merch · these grunts every eight hours · haul it off to our darkest dungeon · send for a doctor