wintry

Meaning

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

Synonyms

hibernal
wintery
cold
A2
🥶
brumal
winter
B1
⛷️
frigid
C2
winterly
hiemal
frosty
C2
frozen
B2
glacial
35k
chilly
C1
icy
C2
stone
B1
🪨
unemotional
unfeeling
35k

of winter

brittle
C2

cold-eyed

dead
A1
💀
desolate
C2
dismal
22k
emotionless
47k
heartless
C1
impassive
indurate
insensate
insensitive
C2
joyless
nippy
36k
poor
A1
Translations

hivernal
⛷️
winterlich
invernal
⛷️
invernale
⛷️

hibernal

hibernal

χειμωνιάτικος

χειμερινός

invernal

winterachtig

hiémal
⛷️
winters
شتوي
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɪnt(ə)ɹɪ/
Etymology

Cognate with Old English
wintriġ
In summary

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

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