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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Producing or characterized by frost; freezing. See Synonyms at cold.
  2. adj. Covered with or as if with frost.
  3. adj. Silvery white; hoary.
  4. adj. Cold in manner: a frosty look; a frosty farewell.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Attended with or producing frost; so cold as to congeal water: as, frosty weather.
  2. Affected or injured by frost; containing or penetrated by frost; frozen; cold; dull.
  3. Figuratively, chill; chilling; without warmth, as of spirits, affection, or courage; tending to repel; discouraging; depressing.
  4. Resembling hoar frost; white; gray.
  5. Specifically, in entomology, glistening like hoar frost: an appearance generally due to minute white hairs.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Cold, chilly.
  2. adj. Having frost on it.
  3. adj. Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing.
  2. adj. Covered with frost.
  3. adj. Chill in affection; without warmth of affection or courage.
  4. adj. Appearing as if covered with hoarfrost; white; gray-haired.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
  2. adj. covered with frost
  3. adj. pleasantly cold and invigorating

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