frosty Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Frost"y adjective
Etymology
Cf. AS. fyrstig.
Definitions
  1. Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing; as, a frosty night.
  2. Covered with frost; as, the grass is frosty.
  3. Chill in affection; without warmth of affection or courage. Johnson.
  4. Appearing as if covered with hoarfrost; white; gray-haired; as, a frosty head. Shak.

Webster 1913