frosty

Examples

• All

• Adding to the usually frosty relations between the two states was the personal animosity of the respective rulers.

  Academic text (2004)

• She gave him a frosty stare when he arrived late to the meeting.

• So relations between us have been a bit frosty since then.

  Blog text (15)

• I mean, it was the most frosty, icy professional experience of my life.

• Thus, relations between Jordan and the P.L.O. from 1985 to 1988 remained frosty.

  Academic text (1993)

• Despite the friendly atmosphere, he was noticeably frosty towards his colleague.

• Her frosty demeanor made it clear that she was not interested in socializing.

Synonyms

C

cold

vsfrosty

883 4.4

Unfriendly and distant in feeling or action

is a more definite unfriendly attitude rather than neutral coolness

I

icy

vsfrosty

22 3.3

Cold and unfriendly in tone or manner

is milder and less sharply unfriendly

U

unfriendly

vsfrosty

22 1.9

Not kind or warm to other people

is a colder, more briskly distant attitude rather than plain unkindness

C

chilly

vsfrosty

16 3.5

Not friendly or warm toward other people

is stronger, signaling clear unfriendliness rather than slight coolness

F

frigid

vsfrosty

8 5.2

Not friendly or warm in how someone acts

is more moderate and less extreme in tone

G

glacial

vsfrosty

4 7.5

Very cold and unfriendly in the way someone behaves or looks

is less disdainful and slightly more neutral

C

cold as ice

vsfrosty

• Informal

4 7.2

Not showing any feeling or kindness to others

is milder, focusing on distant manners not total heartlessness

C

coldhearted

vsfrosty

4 6.0

Showing no care or sympathy for other people

is about distant manner rather than deliberate cruelty or absence of pity

W

wintry

vsfrosty

1 5.1

Not friendly and showing little warmth toward others

is more directly personal and about attitude rather than atmosphere

I

icily cold

vsfrosty

4.7

Very low in temperature and clearly unfriendly

is gentler and less harsh in expression

F

frozen

vsfrosty

5.1

Not warm or friendly in manner

is more about a withdrawn unfriendly attitude than stillness

C

cold as a witch's kiss

vsfrosty

• Literature

9.9

Showing no warmth or feeling

is less dramatic and more everyday in its coldness

F

freezingly polite

vsfrosty

8.7

Very formal and cold in a way that makes people feel unwelcome

is more general unfriendly attitude not limited to polite form

C

cold as charity

vsfrosty

• Archaic

9.9

Acting kind but not showing real care

is more about mannerly coldness than a moral lack of pity

C

cold-livered

vsfrosty

• Offensive

9.9

Does not feel or show care for other people

is less about harshness and more about simple reserved manner

Antonyms

F

friendly

773 1.0

Kind and helpful toward other people

W

warm

280 1.0

Showing kindness and affection to others

Compounds

F

frosty relationship

1 4.8

A relationship with little warmth or friendliness

F

frosty glance

6.6

A cold unfriendly look someone gives to show dislike

How Friendly

friendly

773 1.0

reserved

3.7

unfriendly

22 1.9

frosty

9 3.6

hostile

194 4.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology