| ADJECTIVE | all | icy, frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, wintry | devoid of warmth and cordiality |
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| all | icy, arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, polar | extremely cold | |
| all | icy | covered with or containing or consisting of ice | |
| all | icy | shiny / shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice |
| Sounds | ay'siy | |
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| Rhymes | absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy... | |
| Meaning | Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. | |
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| Example | "icy stare" | |
| Synonyms | frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, wintry | |
| Broader | cold | Extended meanings |
| Spanish | congelado, frígido, frío, gélido, glacial, helado, invernal | |
| Catalan | fred, gèlid, glacial | |
| Nouns | iciness | a lack of affection or enthusiasm |
| Adverbs | icily | in a cold and icy manner |
| Meaning | Extremely cold. | |
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| Example | "icy hands" | |
| Synonyms | arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, polar | |
| Broader | cold | Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration |
| Spanish | ártica, ártico, gélido, glacial, polar | |
| Catalan | àrtic, gèlid, geliu, glacial, polar | |
| Meaning | Covered with or containing or consisting of ice. | |
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| Example | "icy northern waters" | |
| Broader | frozen | Turned into ice |
| Spanish | glacial, hielo | |
| Nouns | ice | a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating |
| iciness | coldness due to a cold environment / environment | |
| Meaning | shiny / shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice. | |
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| Example | "roads and trees glazed with an icy film" | |
| Broader | glazed, shiny | Having a shiny surface or coating / coating |
| Spanish | helado | |
| Nouns | iciness | coldness due to a cold environment / environment |
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