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What is "wintry" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does wintry mean in English? Meaning of wintry definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "wintry" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "wintry": characteristic of or occurring in winter

Adjective

  • Meaning: characteristic of or occurring in winter
  • Example: suffered severe wintry weather brown wintry grasses
  • Synonyms: wintery wintry
  • Antonyms: autumnal summery vernal
  • Similar: brumal hibernal hiemal winter-blooming winter-flowering

    • Meaning of "wintry": devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain

    Adjective

  • Meaning: devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
  • Example: a frigid greeting got a frosty reception a frozen look on their faces a glacial handshake icy stare wintry smile
  • Synonyms: frigid frosty frozen glacial icy wintry
  • Similar: cold
  • Adjective: Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy. wintry weatherAged, white-haired.Chilling, cheerless. a wintry remark

    • Synonyms:

    desolate, frozen, freezing, chilly, icy, frigid, bleak, frosty, biting, cutting, dismal, harsh, raw, snappy, brumal, hibernal, hiemal, icebox, three-dog night,

    Antonyms:

    cheerful, friendly, responsive, summery, heated, hot, warm,

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