The meaning of Frosty

adjective

Relating to the regions around the north pole.

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An arctic explorer

noun

The regions around the north pole.

adjective

Relating to the baltic sea or the region surrounding it.

Usage examples:

It supports the restoration of a levy on grain imports from the black sea and baltic regions and pl…

noun

The baltic sea or the baltic states.

adjective

Belonging to or relating to the baltic sea or the countries surrounding it

Usage examples:

It's baltic outside.

adjective

Having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet.

Usage examples:

Raw berries have an intensely bitter flavour

noun

Beer that is strongly flavoured with hops and has a bitter taste, brewed by top fermentation.

Usage examples:

A pint of bitter

adjective

Having a slightly stinging, strong taste, not salty or sweet

Usage examples:

The coffee was bitter., losing the election was a bitter disappointment., she has no bitterness abo…

adjective

(of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.

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A bleak and barren moor

noun

A small silvery shoaling fish of the carp family, found in eurasian rivers.

Usage examples:

The flies for pike were naturally bigger than the bleaks, so they left me alone and i got some pike.

noun

An unpleasant feeling of coldness in the atmosphere, one's surroundings, or the body.

Usage examples:

There was a chill in the air

verb

Make (someone) cold.

Usage examples:

They were chilled by a sudden wind

adjective

Chilly.

Usage examples:

The chill grey dawn

adjective

Uncomfortably or unpleasantly cold.

Usage examples:

A chilly february evening

adjective

Cold but not freezing

Usage examples:

A chilly morning, fig. their relationship was decidedly chilly (= unfriendly) after the argument.

adjective

Of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body.

Usage examples:

A freezing cold day

noun

A low temperature; cold weather; a cold environment.

Usage examples:

My teeth chattered with the cold

adverb

Completely; entirely.

Usage examples:

We stopped cold behind a turn in the staircase

adjective

Of or at a fairly low temperature.

Usage examples:

It'll be a cool afternoon

noun

A fairly low temperature.

Usage examples:

The cool of the night air

verb

Become or make less hot.

Usage examples:

We dived into the river to cool off

adjective

(of a substance) firm, dry, and brittle.

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Crisp bacon

noun

A wafer-thin slice of potato fried or baked until crisp and eaten as a snack.

Usage examples:

Cut down on fatty snacks such as crisps

verb

Give (food) a crisp surface by placing it in an oven or under a grill.

Usage examples:

Crisp the pitta in the oven

adjective

Showing contempt or lack of respect.

Usage examples:

With a last disdainful look, she turned towards the door

adjective

Showing that someone does not like someone or something and thinks that they do not deserve interest or respect

Usage examples:

She cast a disdainful glance at the food., disdainful of he is openly disdainful of journalists who…

adjective

Having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness.

Usage examples:

Fierce fighting continued throughout the day

adverb

Very; extremely.

Usage examples:

He was fierce proud

adjective

Violent and forceful

Usage examples:

Fierce thunderstorms, the city had been under fierce attack., she’s a fierce critic of us policies.…

adjective

Unfriendly or threatening in appearance.

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A grim and forbidding building

verb

Refuse to allow (something).

Usage examples:

I can see why phones were forbidden

adjective

Below 0°c.

Usage examples:

Strong winds and freezing temperatures

noun

The freezing point of water (0°c).

Usage examples:

The temperature was well above freezing

verb

(with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.

Usage examples:

In the winter the milk froze

adjective

Very cold in temperature.

Usage examples:

The air was frigid, and spectators shivered against the cold

adjective

(of weather conditions or the conditions in a room) extremely cold

Usage examples:

Few plants can grow in such a frigid environment.

adjective

Unfriendly or very formal

Usage examples:

She turned her frigid gaze on him.

adjective

Frozen; frosty.

Usage examples:

The beast wept as the frore hills weep in the thaw, and the tears splashed big into the agate bowl.

adjective

Past participle of freeze.

verb

(with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.

Usage examples:

In the winter the milk froze

Past participle of freeze

adjective

Icy; extremely cold.

Usage examples:

The gelid pond

adjective

Relating to or denoting the presence or agency of ice, especially in the form of glaciers.

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Thick glacial deposits

noun

A glacial period.

Usage examples:

This then provides the opportunity for milankovich cycles to become the pacemaker of the ice ages, …

adjective

Made or left by a glacier

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Glacial deposits, glacial temperatures, a glacial period, she gave me a glacial stare., the case is…

adjective

Solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced.

Usage examples:

The slate broke on the hard floor

adverb

With a great deal of effort.

Usage examples:

They work hard at school

noun

(of a consonant) pronounced as a velar plosive (as c in cat, g in go ).

adjective

Arrogantly superior and disdainful.

Usage examples:

A look of haughty disdain

adjective

Unreasonably proud and unfriendly

Usage examples:

They show a haughty contempt of others.

adjective

Unfriendly and seeming to consider yourself better than other people

Usage examples:

She has a rather haughty manner.

adjective

Showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly.

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A hostile audience

adjective

Characterized by enmity or ill will

adjective

Showing strong dislike; unfriendly

Usage examples:

Her parents were openly hostile to me., the nevada desert is one of the most hostile regions in ame…

adjective

Extremely cold

Usage examples:

The water off the coast here is always ice-cold.

adjective

Covered with or consisting of ice.

Usage examples:

There were icy patches on the roads

adjective

(of an environment) harsh and difficult to live in.

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The inhospitable landscape

adjective

Not welcoming or generous to people who visit you

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I'll have to cook them a meal or they'll think i'm inhospitable., they had to trek for miles throug…

adjective

Able to move quickly; nimble.

Usage examples:

A very nippy scrum half

noun

A waitress in any of the restaurants of j. lyons & co. ltd in london from about 1920 to 1950.

Usage examples:

His waitresses were always impeccably turned out, originally nicknamed gladys but rechristened nipp…

adjective

Cold

Usage examples:

It’s a bit nippy outside.

adjective

Chilly.

Usage examples:

It was parky on bradfield moors last week

noun

Variant spelling of parkie.

noun

A park-keeper.

adjective

Covered with frost.

Usage examples:

But a certain bitter aura also hung about the flower; the last in bloom among sere grasses, fallen …

adjective

Covered in frost (= the thin, white layer of ice that forms when the air temperature is below the freezing point of water, especially outside at night)

Usage examples:

I love those last days of autumn with the rimy hedgerows and pale sunlight., the writer conjures up…

adjective

(of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline.

Usage examples:

A smile transformed his stern face

noun

The rearmost part of a ship or boat.

Usage examples:

He stood at the stern of the yacht

adjective

Severe

Usage examples:

Sterner punishment may produce better behavior, but i doubt it., he sternly reminded his son to dri…

adjective

Covered with or full of small pieces of rock.

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Rough stony paths

adjective

Containing a lot of stones

Usage examples:

The ground was too stony to be used as a farm., though we begged him, he gave us a stony look and t…

adjective

Not friendly.

Usage examples:

She shot him an unfriendly glance

adjective

Not feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy.

Usage examples:

I'm not being unsympathetic, but i can't see why you put up with him

adjective

Not sympathetic (= showing that you understand or care about someone's suffering)

adjective

Having an inhospitable or uninviting quality.

Usage examples:

Jean crept into her cold and unwelcoming bed

adjective

Not making a guest or visitor feel happy, comfortable, or wanted

Usage examples:

The house was damp and unwelcoming.

adjective

Characteristic of winter, especially in feeling or looking very cold and bleak.

Usage examples:

A wintry landscape

adjective

Typical of winter’s cold, windy, and snowy weather

Usage examples:

You’ll definitely need snow tires on your car for the wintry weather around here.