icy Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
frozen; frigid; glacial; wintry; frosty.
- a frigid greeting
- got a frosty reception
- a frozen look on their faces
- a glacial handshake
- icy stare
- wintry smile
adjective satellite extremely cold
polar; arctic; frigid; gelid; glacial.
- an arctic climate
- a frigid day
- gelid waters of the North Atlantic
- glacial winds
- icy hands
- polar weather
adjective satellite covered with or containing or consisting of ice
- icy northern waters
adjective satellite shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice
- roads and trees glazed with an icy film

AS. isig. See Ice.

comparative Icier ; superlative Iciest

Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty. "Icy chains." Shak. "Icy region." Boyle. "Icy seas." Pope.
Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.
Icy was the deportment with which Philip received these demonstrations of affection. Motley.