Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Containing or covered with ice: an icy road.
- adj. Bitterly cold; freezing: an icy day. See Synonyms at cold.
- adj. Resembling ice: icy fingers.
- adj. Chilling in manner: an icy stare; icy detachment.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to, composed of, produced by, resembling, or abounding with ice: as, an icy surface; icy coldness; the icy regions of the north.
- Figuratively, characterized by coldness or coolness, as of manner, influence, etc.; frigid; chilling; freezing; indifferent.
- Synonyms Frosty, cold-hearted, stoṅy.
Wiktionary
- adj. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
- adj. Covered with ice, wholly or partially.
- adj. Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.
- adv. here
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty.
- adj. Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
- adj. covered with or containing or consisting of ice
- adj. shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice
- adj. extremely cold
Examples
“She stopped and looked up at him, her expression icy.”
“People will expect it to be pronounced like the word icy, or they may expect it to be spelled “Izzy.””
“He remembers hearing a loud screeching in his ears and what he describes as an icy pain enveloped him.”
“I am a "winter" but do not look good in icy yellow, hot pink or any green in my palette.”
“I grew up in icy west Jersey and was interested in a career in the NHL.”
“In terms of comments where you potentially juxtapose members of the SF with BNP, you are skating on a very thin icy veneer.”
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“He pulled out a cigarette, lit it, rolled down the window to let in icy air, then said "No. Not since the funeral.”
“In my defence against the parking fine, written calmly in icy cold language, I pointed out that the ticket issuer would see from the current year's road fund licence displayed alongside, that I am (extinct, disbarred crikey my brain is tired, what's the word?) ... exempt ... (that's the one!) by being disabled.”
“This month three colleagues report they've solved the ensuing, long-running mystery of where these AFGPs, which allow the fish to survive in icy waters, are produced.”
“Also, one of the schools was on hilly property that was treacherous in icy condidtions.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘icy’.
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Public List: Two by Fives
This is an experiment in public lists--something I've been thinking about for some time. The goal is to create a collection of short, powerful, evocative words.
This is an open list. A...icy, howl, hymn, thorn, fire, vile, mist, blunt, scum, dark, shot, gleam and 137 more...
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3 Letter Words
A list of English words that are three letters long.
ace, act, ade, ado, add, ads, age, ago, ail, air, aim, all and 397 more...
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I am : cold
Cold adjectives.
cold, frigid, freezing, glacial, gelid, chill, crisp, cool, frosty, nippy, icy, brisk and 13 more...
oroboros Sounds like the letters I C. Oct 28, 2009
yarb 'That's very tiny,'
she says (probes his kimono);
icy December,
the Rose shut, she ugly - what's
expected, the HINDENBURG?
- Peter Reading, Tanka, from Tom O' Bedlam's Beauties, 1981
Note: 'tiny' in the original is in small type. Jun 29, 2008
chained_bear Yes, exactly! Which makes me wonder why it wasn't already on my three-letter words list...
I wonder if WeirdNet just goes crazy looking for the least-used definition. I would think "icy" is most commonly used as "covered with ice." Maybe not. Nov 24, 2007
yarb One of the most expressive words around, and so sharp and surprising in its smallness. Nov 24, 2007