'Icy' definitions:
Definition of 'icy'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile" [syn: frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry]
adjective
Extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather" [syn: arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar]
adjective
Covered with or containing or consisting of ice; "icy northern waters"
adjective
Shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice; "roads and trees glazed with an icy film"
Definition of 'Icy'
From: GCIDE
- Icy \I"cy\, a. [Compar. Icier; superl. Iciest.] [AS. [imac]sig. See Ice.]
- 1. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty. "Icy chains." --Shak. "Icy region." --Boyle. "Icy seas." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold. [1913 Webster]
- Icy was the deportment with which Philip received these demonstrations of affection. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'icy'
From: GCIDE
- glazed \glazed\ (gl[=a]zd) adj.
- 1. Same as glassed.
- Syn: glassed. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. Having a shiny surface or coating; as, glazed fabrics; glazed doughnuts. [Narrower terms: {glassy, vitreous, vitrified}; glossy, calendered; {icy ; glac['e]] unglazed
- Syn: shiny. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. Lacking liveliness; -- used of eyes; as, a glazed look.
- Syn: glassy. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'icy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affectless,
- algid,
- aloof,
- anesthetized,
- arctic,
- autistic,
- backward,
- bashful,
- below zero,
- biting,
- bitter,
- bitterly cold,
- blank,
- blast-frozen,
- bleak,
- blunt,
- boreal,
- brisk,
- brumal,
- catatonic,
- chill,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- cold,
- cold as charity,
- cold as death,
- cold as ice,
- cold as marble,
- cold-blooded,
- coldhearted,
- congealed,
- constrained,
- cool,
- crisp,
- cutting,
- detached,
- disaccordant,
- discreet,
- dispassionate,
- distant,
- drugged,
- dull,
- emotionally dead,
- emotionless,
- exclusive,
- expressionless,
- forbidding,
- freezing,
- freezing cold,
- frigid,
- frostbitten,
- frosted,
- frostnipped,
- frosty,
- frozen,
- frozen solid,
- gelid,
- glacial,
- guarded,
- heartless,
- hibernal,
- hiemal,
- hyperborean,
- ice,
- ice-cold,
- ice-encrusted,
- icelike,
- icy-cold,
- immovable,
- impassible,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- inaccessible,
- inclement,
- incompatible,
- indifferent,
- inexcitable,
- inhospitable,
- inimical,
- insusceptible,
- introverted,
- keen,
- modest,
- nipping,
- nippy,
- nonemotional,
- numbing,
- objective,
- obtuse,
- offish,
- Olympian,
- out of touch,
- passionless,
- penetrating,
- piercing,
- pinching,
- quick-frozen,
- raw,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- rigorous,
- seclusive,
- self-absorbed,
- severe,
- sharp,
- sharp-frozen,
- shivery,
- shrinking,
- Siberian,
- sleety,
- slushy,
- snappy,
- soulless,
- spiritless,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- stone-cold,
- strained,
- subdued,
- subzero,
- supercooled,
- suppressed,
- tense,
- unaffable,
- unaffectionate,
- unamiable,
- unamicable,
- unapproachable,
- uncongenial,
- uncordial,
- undemonstrative,
- unemotional,
- unexpansive,
- unfeeling,
- unfriendly,
- ungenial,
- unharmonious,
- unimpassioned,
- unimpressionable,
- unloving,
- unpassionate,
- unresponding,
- unresponsive,
- unsociable,
- unsusceptible,
- unsympathetic,
- untouchable,
- winterbound,
- winterlike,
- wintery,
- wintry,
- withdrawn