Icy
Pronunciation of Icy
/ˈa͡ɪsi/, /ˈaɪsi/, /ˈaɪ_s_i/
Antonyms for icy:
unfrozen, demonstrative, red hot, lukewarm, friendly, heated, hot, warm, amicable, unglazed.
Synonyms for icy:
Sense 1
icebound, frore, snowy, icicle, glare ice, indifferent, black ice, boreal, ice over, freeze over, frost over.
Sense 2
Sense 7
Sense 8
hard.
glassy
slippery.
unfriendly
forbidding, stiff, hard-boiled, Cold-hearted, roughly, antagonistic, icily, haughty, remote, offhand, sourly, rough, impersonal, ill-disposed, sour, antisocial, coolly, uncaring, inimical, severely, misanthropic, stony-faced, disobliging, stonily, standoffish, unsociable, unsmiling, spiteful, hostile, stiffly, unwelcoming, inhospitable, unpleasant, stony, nice, unapproachable.
aloof (adjective)
indifferent, forbidding, stony, hostile, unwelcoming, unfriendly.
cold (adjective)
rimy, bracing, stone-cold, biting, cold, shivery, numbing, ice-like, frozen, wintry, frigid, algid, frosty, bitter, frore, polar, nippy, chilly.
frozen; slippery when frozen (adjective)
frigid, chilly, glacial, cold, bitter, arctic, freezing, raw, polar, frosty, gelid, shivery, biting, rimy, chill.
severe (adjective)
gruff, stringent, draconian, dry, obdurate, brisk, brusque, censorious, dour, basic, tart, ascetic, meticulous, curt, precise, austere, correct, intense, harsh, astringent, stiff-necked, stark, obstinate, fundamental, intolerant, caustic, frosty, strait-laced, severe, critical, blunt, relentless, raw, puritanical, imperial, disciplined, unbending, rigid, uncompromising, exacting, stern, strict, prudish, abrupt, lean, inflexible, keen, acute, cutting, cool, bleak, short, acerbic, authoritarian, sharp, chilly, piquant, rigorous, acrimonious, demanding, grim, spartan, spare, oppressive, hidebound, crisp.
Sense 1 (noun)
ice over, hard, glare ice, frost, black ice, slippery, icicle.
gelid (noun)
icy (noun)
arctic, frosty, wintry, glazed, polar, frigid, shiny, cold, glacial, freezing, frozen, gelid.
unfriendly (noun)
Usage examples for icy:
- She maintained under his scrutiny an icy, motionless dignity. - "The Grey Cloak", Harold MacGrath.
- Rodolphe looked at me, his eyes were fixed; he put his hand in mine and I felt it tremble, it was burning and icy all at once. - "Bohemians of the Latin Quarter", Henry Murger.
- It all came back to him, and caused him to break out in icy perspiration at the mere thought of it ... - "Four Weird Tales", Algernon Blackwood.