frosty

/ˈfrɔsti/

/ˈfrɒsti/

Other forms: frostier; frostiest

Something that's frosty is covered with pale, icy frost. If you live in Vermont, your car windshield is probably frosty most winter mornings.

You can describe the weather as frosty when there's a sharp chill in the air, or you can use the word more literally, to mean "covered in frost," like your frosty front lawn. When a person is frosty, however, she's emotionally cold — haughty, aloof, or even unfriendly. Frosty comes from the Old English fyrstig, "as cold as frost."

Definitions of frosty

1. adjective

   covered with frost
   “a frosty glass”

   synonyms: rimed, rimy

   cold

   having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
2. adjective

   pleasantly cold and invigorating
   synonyms: crisp, nipping, nippy, snappy

   cold

   having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
3. adjective

   devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
   “got a frosty reception”

   synonyms: frigid, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry

   cold

   extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion