frost´i|ness

frost´i|ness
frost|y «FRS tee, FROS-», adjective, frost|i|er, frost|i|est.
1. cold enough for frost; freezing: »

a frosty morning.

2. covered with frost; consisting of frost: »

The glass is frosty.

3. covered with anything like frost.
4. Figurative. cold and unfriendly; with no warmth of feeling: »

a frosty greeting, a frosty manner.

SYNONYM(S): frigid, chilling.
5. Figurative. hoary; gray: »

He was frosty at the temples.

6. of or like old age: »

the frosty blood of many years.

frost´i|ly, adverb.
frost´i|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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