frosty

Meaning

1. Cold, chilly; icy.
2. Having frost on it or in it.
3. Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.

Synonyms

icy

cold

🥶

chilly

frigid

freezing

cool

🆒

nippy

rimy

frozen

snappy

glacial

rimed

crisp

bitter

nipping

ice-cold

gelid

wintry

cooling

snowy

bleak

very cold

biting

timid

unfeeling

cool and luscious

air-conditioned

frost-covered

brittle

callous

chill

chilled

clammy

cold-blooded

cowardly

cutting

dewy

frosted

glacially

hard

heartless

hoary

iced

icily

lily-livered

raw

savory

sharp

sour

tart

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹɒsti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: frosty

Inherited from Old English: forstiġ

Cognate with Western Frisian: froastich

Cognate with Dutch: vorstig

Cognate with German: frostig

Cognate with Swedish: frostig

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: froasterch

In summary

From Middle English frosty, forsty, from Old English forstiġ, fyrstiġ (“frosty”), from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, *frustīg, By surface analysis, frost + -y.
Cognates:
Cognate with West Frisian froastich (“frosty”), Dutch vorstig (“frosty”), German Low German fröstig (“frosty”), German frostig (“frosty”), Swedish frostig (“frosty”). Compare also Saterland Frisian froasterch (“frosty”), German Low German frösterg (“frosty”).