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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain;
- Example: "a frigid greeting"
- Example: "got a frosty reception"
- Example: "a frozen look on their faces"
- Example: "a glacial handshake"
- Example: "icy stare"
- Example: "wintry smile"
[syn: frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry]

2. covered with frost;
- Example: "a frosty glass"
- Example: "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner
[syn: frosty, rimed, rimy]

3. pleasantly cold and invigorating;
- Example: "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"
- Example: "a nipping wind"
- Example: "a nippy fall day"
- Example: "snappy weather"
[syn: crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Frosty \Frost"y\, a. [Cf. AS. fyrstig.]
   1. Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to
      congeal water; cold; freezing; as, a frosty night.
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   2. Covered with frost; as, the grass is frosty.
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   3. Chill in affection; without warmth of affection or
      courage. --Johnson.
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   4. Appearing as if covered with hoarfrost; white;
      gray-haired; as, a frosty head. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

frosty
    adj 1: devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of
           unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a
           frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a
           glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile" [syn:
           frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry]
    2: covered with frost; "a frosty glass"; "hedgerows were rimed
       and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner [syn: frosty, rimed,
       rimy]
    3: pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and
       frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day";
       "snappy weather" [syn: crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy,
       snappy]