wintry smile
1wintry — UK [ˈwɪntrɪ] / US adjective Word forms wintry : adjective wintry comparative wintrier superlative wintriest 1) a) cold and typical of winter a cold wintry night the wintry landscape b) wintry sunlight is pale, and produces little warmth 2)… …
2wintry — win|try [ wıntri ] adjective 1. ) cold and typical of winter: a cold wintry night the wintry landscape a ) wintry SUNLIGHT is pale, and produces little warmth 2. ) deliberately unfriendly: a wintry smile …
3wintry — win|try [ˈwıntri] adj also win|ter|y [ˈwıntəri] 1.) cold or typical of winter →↑summery ▪ a wintry day ▪ wintry showers 2.) a wintry smile or expression is not very friendly …
4wintry — adjective 1) wintry weather Syn: bleak, cold, chilly, chill, frosty, freezing, icy, snowy, blizzardy, arctic, glacial, bitter, raw, hypothermic; informal nippy Ant …
5Wintry — Win try, a. [AS. wintrig.] Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery. [1913 Webster] Touch our chilled hearts with vernal smile, Our wintry course do thou beguile. Keble. [1913… …
6wintry — adj. (also wintery) (; wintrier, wintriest) 1 characteristic of winter (wintry weather; a wintry sun; a wintry landscape). 2 (of a smile, greeting, etc.) lacking warmth or enthusiasm. Derivatives: wintrily adv. wintriness n. Etymology: OE wintrig …
7win´tri|ness — win|try «WIHN tree», adjective, tri|er, tri|est. 1. of winter; of such a kind as occurs in winter; like winter: »a wintry sky. SYNONYM(S): hibernal. 2. Figurative. not warm or friendly; …
8win´tri|ly — win|try «WIHN tree», adjective, tri|er, tri|est. 1. of winter; of such a kind as occurs in winter; like winter: »a wintry sky. SYNONYM(S): hibernal. 2. Figurative. not warm or friendly; …
9win|try — «WIHN tree», adjective, tri|er, tri|est. 1. of winter; of such a kind as occurs in winter; like winter: »a wintry sky. SYNONYM(S): hibernal. 2. Figurative. not warm or friendly; …
10hivernal — hivernal, ale, aux [ ivɛrnal, o ] adj. • v. 1119; bas lat. hibernalis; d apr. hiver ♦ Propre à l hiver, de l hiver. ⇒ hibernal, hiémal. Froid hivernal, brume hivernale. Les étoiles « avaient cet éclat hivernal » (Alain). ⊗ CONTR. Estival. ●… …
