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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. characteristic of or occurring in winter;
- Example: "suffered severe wintry weather"
- Example: "brown wintry grasses"
[syn: wintry, wintery]

2. 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]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wintry \Win"try\, a. [AS. wintrig.]
   Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to
   winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.
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         Touch our chilled hearts with vernal smile,
         Our wintry course do thou beguile.       --Keble.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wintry
    adj 1: characteristic of or occurring in winter; "suffered
           severe wintry weather"; "brown wintry grasses" [syn:
           wintry, wintery] [ant: autumnal, summery,
           vernal]
    2: 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]