wintry

(wĭn'tə-rē)
adj., -tri·er, also -ter·i·er, -tri·est, -ter·i·est.

1. Belonging to or characteristic of winter; cold.
2. Suggestive of winter, as in cheerlessness or coldness: a wintry welcome.

wintrily win'tri·ly adv.
wintriness win'tri·ness n.

adjective

Very cold: arctic, boreal, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy, polar. Archaic frore. Idioms: bitterbitterlycold. See hot/cold/lukewarm.

adj

Definition: cold, snowy
Antonyms: hot, summery

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: characteristic of or occurring in winter
  Synonym: wintery
  Antonyms: vernal (meaning #2), summery (meaning #1), autumnal (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
  Synonyms: frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vinterlig, vinter-, kølig, kold

Nederlands (Dutch)
guur, winterachtig

Français (French)
adj. - (lit) hivernal, (fig) glacé (accueil)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - winterlich, rauh, frostig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - χειμωνιάτικος, (μτφ.) παγερός, ψυχρός

Italiano (Italian)
freddo, invernale, gelido

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - relativo ao inverno

Русский (Russian)
зимний, морозный, ледяной, застывший, дряхлый, старый, седой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - invernizo, frío, helado, glacial

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vinterlik, kylig (fig.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
像冬季的, 冬天的, 寒冷的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 像冬季的, 冬天的, 寒冷的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 겨울의, 쌀쌀한, 냉담한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 冬の, 寒い, 冷ややかな, 冬らしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شتائي, شتوي, عاصف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חורפי, סגרירי, קר, קודר‬

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