frosty
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- cold, chilly, frozen, icy, wintry
- unfriendly, discouraging, frigid, off-putting (Brit. informal), standoffish, unenthusiastic, unwelcoming

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English Thesaurus: cold, cool, freezing (cold), shivery, chilly, ...

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frost‧y /ˈfrɒsti $ ˈfrɒːsti/ adjective

1.
a) extremely cold:
a beautiful frosty morning
frosty air
b) covered with frost:
the frosty ground

2. unfriendly Synonym : icy
frosty stare/look/tone
He gave me a frosty stare.
the frosty silence that followed her announcement
My words got a frosty reception.
—frostily adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

frosty
adj.
I. cold enough for frost
VERBS be, look | become, get, turn when the weather turns frosty
remain, stay
ADV. very
PHRASES cold and frosty The day dawned cold and frosty.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

frosty
II. unfriendly
VERBS be, look, seem | become, turn He cool green eyes became positively frosty.
remain
ADV. decidedly, distinctly, positively, very The atmosphere in the room was decidedly frosty.
pretty

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

cold used especially when you feel uncomfortable:
I’m cold – can I borrow a sweater?
cool a little cold, especially in a way that feels comfortable:
The air-conditioning keeps everyone cool.
freezing (cold) spoken very cold and very uncomfortable:
You look absolutely freezing!
shivery cold and unable to stop shivering, especially because you are ill:
I felt shivery and had a headache.
chilly a little cold, but not very cold, in a way that feels rather uncomfortable:
a chilly autumn day
It’s a bit chilly.
bitterly cold very cold and very uncomfortable:
It can be bitterly cold in the mountains.
icy (cold) very cold, especially when the temperature is below zero:
The wind was icy cold.
crisp cold, dry, and clear, in a way that seems pleasant:
I love these crisp autumn mornings.
frosty in frosty weather, the ground is covered in a frozen white powder:
It was a bright frosty morning.
arctic extremely cold and unpleasant, with snow and ice:
He would not survive for long in the arctic conditions.
arctic weather
draughty British English, drafty American English /ˈdrɑːfti $ ˈdræfti/ with cold air blowing in from outside, in a way that feels uncomfortable:
Old houses can be very draughty.
chilled food and drinks that are chilled have been deliberately made cold:
a bottle of chilled champagne
frozen kept at a temperature which is below zero:
frozen peas
have (got) a cold
She’s staying at home today because she’s got a cold.
be getting a cold (=be starting to have a cold)
I think I might be getting a cold.
catch a cold (=start to have one)
I caught a cold and had to miss the match.
come down with a cold (also go down with a cold British English) informal (=catch one)
A lot of people go down with colds at this time of year.
be suffering from a cold formal (=have one)
He was suffering from a cold and not his usual energetic self.
suffer from colds formal (=have colds)
Some people suffer from more colds than others.
a bad cold
If you have a bad cold, just stay in bed.
a nasty cold (also a heavy cold British English) (=a bad one)
He sounded as if he had a heavy cold.
a streaming cold British English (=in which a lot of liquid comes from your nose)
You shouldn’t go to work if you’ve got a streaming cold.
a slight cold
It’s only a slight cold – I’ll be fine tomorrow.
a chest cold (=affecting your chest)
He’s coughing all the time with a bad chest cold.
a head cold (=affecting your nose and head)
A bad head cold can sometimes feel like flu.
the common cold formal
There are hundreds of viruses that cause the common cold.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

cold used especially when you feel uncomfortable:
It gets very cold here in the winter.
cool a little cold, often in a way that feels comfortable:
It’s very hot in the day, but cooler at night.
a nice cool breeze
chilly a little cold, but not very cold, in a way that feels rather uncomfortable:
a chilly autumn day
It’s a bit chilly.
freezing (cold) spoken very cold and very uncomfortable:
It’s freezing outside.
bitterly cold very cold and very uncomfortable:
It can be bitterly cold in the mountains.
icy (cold) very cold, especially when the temperature is below zero:
The wind was icy cold.
crisp cold, dry, and clear, in a way that seems pleasant:
I love these crisp autumn mornings.
frosty in frosty weather, the ground is covered in a frozen white powder:
It was a bright frosty morning.
arctic extremely cold and unpleasant, with snow and ice:
He would not survive for long in the arctic conditions.
arctic weather

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unfriendly/not friendly behaving towards someone in a way that shows you are not interested in them or are not ready to talk to them or help them:
The hotel staff were unfriendly and unhelpful.
an unfriendly tone of voice
They didn't seem very friendly to strangers.
She gave him an unfriendly glance.
hostile very unfriendly, and ready to argue or fight:
He was openly hostile towards me when I arrived.
A hostile crowd gathered oustide the US embassy.
cold behaving towards other people as if you do not like them or care about them:
He gave her a cold stare.
a cold voice
frosty unfriendly, especially because you are angry with someone:
When she spoke, her tone was frosty.
He got a frosty reception from his wife when he finally returned home (=she was not very friendly towards him).
aloof [not before noun] not wanting to talk to other people or spend time with them, especially because you think you are better than them:
Some politicians are criticized for being too aloof.
antagonistic unfriendly and always trying to start arguments with someone:
Why are Kate and John so antagonistic towards each other?
antisocial not interested in meeting other people or forming friendly relationships with them:
Sorry if I'm being antisocial, but I need to get my work done.
He was an antisocial loner with no friends.
unfriendly making you feel as though you are not wanted:
The report found that the Church can seem unfriendly to outsiders.
unwelcoming unfriendly - used especially about the physical characteristics or appearance of something:
The entrance to the factory is cold, bare, and unwelcoming.
The new fence is just one example of the city’s attempt to make public spaces unwelcoming to the homeless.
impersonal lacking the normal friendly relations between people who work or do business together:
I had no desire to work for a large impersonal organization.
They just handed over the keys and walked out – it was all so impersonal.
forbidding unfriendly, uncomfortable, and a little frightening, so that you do not want to go there:
The school was a rather forbidding building surrounded by a high steel fence.

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