frosty
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- adjective
- /ˈfrɔsti/
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escarchado
- The car's windshield was covered in a frosty layer that made it difficult to see.
- frosty air
It had a warm brown, warm shimmering brown and a frosty champagne color.
- It had a warm brown, warm shimmering brown and a frosty champagne color.
- OK, so next we've got this pale frosty pink.
- I mean, my, my fingertips are feeling a little frosty right now, but it's not that cold.
- This story took place a couple of years ago in the middle of a frosty, frosty winter day in Toronto.
- and starts walking down on the holes of frosty ground and making his way towards the kitchen door back door of the house.
Examples
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The air had gotten so frosty that Cal thought he had seen his breath.
Fiction book (2002) -
Sarah watched, her forehead against the frosty pane, until he disappeared from sight.
Fiction book (1999) -
A little on the frosty side, perhaps.
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You know, I would like to go up north somewhere where it's very frosty and--
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This story took place a couple of years ago in the middle of a frosty, frosty winter day in Toronto.
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Would his pursuers be able to see his frosty breath from that distance?
Fiction book (1992) -
Here we go around the mulberry bush, On a cold and frosty morning.
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Like a potbellied stove on a frosty morning.
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My breath came in short, frosty puffs, and soon my nose felt numb.
Fiction book (1993) -
And as Nick speaks, his breath escapes his mouth in a frosty plume of mist.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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Having a low temperature that feels chilly
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A bit cold in a way that feels uncomfortable
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Very cold with surfaces covered in ice
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Very cold, like frozen water
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Pleasantly cold and fresh, making you feel awake
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Very cold, at or below freezing
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A little cold weather that makes you need a jacket
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Covered with a thin layer of ice or sweet icing
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Very cold in temperature like ice
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Briskly cold and fresh, making you feel awake
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Very cold, like ice or frost
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Very cold in a way that feels unpleasant
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Very cold, often with a strong wind
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Having cold weather with snow and strong wind
Having a thin layer of frost or ice crystals
Covered with a thin white layer of frost
So cold that water turns to ice
Very cold in a way that makes being outside difficult
Very cold and painfully sharp, like wind that hurts skin
Very low in temperature and clearly unfriendly
Slightly cold and fresh in a way that makes you feel awake
Feeling quite cold, often said about the weather
Antonyms
Compounds
How Cold
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Frosty comes from frost ('thin ice') and the ending -y ('full of'), so it means 'full of frost' or very cold. That is why we call a cold morning or a surface with a thin layer of ice 'frosty'.