wintry

1. Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.
2. Containing sleet or snow.
3. Aged, white-haired.
4. Chilling, cheerless.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɪnt(ə)ɹɪ/

Etymology

Cognate with Old English: wintriġ

In summary

From winter + -y; compare Old English wintriġ (a parallel formation).

Synonyms

hibernal

wintery

cold

🥶

brumal

winter

⛷️

frigid

winterly

hiemal

frosty

frozen

glacial

chilly

icy

stone

🪨

unemotional

unfeeling

of winter

brittle

cold-eyed

dead

💀

desolate

dismal

emotionless

heartless

impassive

indurate

insensate

insensitive

joyless

nippy

poor

Translations

hivernal

⛷️

winterlich

invernal

⛷️

invernale

⛷️

hibernal

hibernal

zimowy

χειμωνιάτικος

χειμερινός

invernal

winterachtig

lodowaty

hiémal

⛷️

winters

شتوي