icy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪsi/
rhymes: -aɪsi
Forms: form: icier
form: iciest
form: icey
form: ycie
Etymology: From ice + -y; cf. Old English īsiġ.
Senses: examples: text: To go through this experience in bitter winter weather and stumble along the line in the pitch darkness at 6 o'clock in the morning, into an icy-cold foundry, as was the writer's experience, was not too good.
ref: 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 342:
synonyms: glacial
glacious
wintrified
glosses: Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
examples: text: With milke-white Hartes vpon an Iuorie ſled,
Thou ſhalt be drawen amidſt the froſen Pooles,
And ſcale the yſie mountaines lofty tops:
Which with thy beautie will be soone reſolu’d.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
text: Antarctica is the coldest, iciest place on Earth, which makes the recent warming event particularly worrying for many scientists.
ref: 2022 March 25, Rachel Ramirez and Hafsa Khalil, “Antarctic ice shelf nearly the size of Los Angeles collapsed as temperatures soared to 40 above normal”, in CNN:
text: Morning commuters in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas discovered slick sidewalks and icy roadways Monday.
ref: 2024 January 21, Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, “Icy conditions make for hazardous travel across central US, but warmer air is on the horizon”, in CNN:
synonyms: frostbound
frosted
icebound
ice-covered
iced-over
rimed
antonyms: ice-free
glosses: Covered with ice, wholly or partially.
examples: text: I wasn't all the way icy. It wasn't like I could just give a girl a baby and forget about them.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 206:
text: Gone was the gleam of desire, and the teasingly provocative remarks, and Alexa realised the truth in the saying that indifference was death. His demeanour was haughty and icy towards her.
ref: 2009, Sharon Kendrick, The Desert Princes Bundle: The Sheikh's English Bride:
text: Costello said the official visits were opportunities to pull Western allies closer, or to try to thaw icier relationships.
ref: 2020 April 22, Kate Bennett and Christopher Hickey, “How a canceled state dinner highlights a fading White House tradition”, in CNN:
synonyms: word: harsh
word: uncaring
word: callous
word: cold
word: cold-eyed
word: dour
word: flint-hearted
word: forbidding
word: frosty
word: grim
word: hard
word: hard-boiled
word: hardened
word: hardhearted
word: heartless
word: harsh
word: humorless
word: icy
word: iron-hearted
word: insensitive
word: rigorous
word: rockhearted
word: severe
word: stern
word: stonehearted
word: stony
word: stonyhearted
word: strict
word: tough
word: unsympathetic
word: unmoved
glosses: Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold.
examples: text: Your bitch's a regular bitch, you're calling her wifey, I fucked her, I feed her fast food, you're keeping her icy.
ref: 2003, “Patiently Waiting”, in Curtis Jackson, Marshall Mathers, Luis Resto, Mike Elizondo (lyrics), Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent:
synonyms: bejeweled
glosses: To be wearing an excessive amount of jewelry, especially of the high-quality and expensive kind.
Derived terms: icily
iciness
icy noctiluca
icy pole