ICY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of icy in English icyadjective uk /ˈaɪ.si/ us /ˈaɪ.si/

icy adjective (COLD)

Add to word list Add to word list B1 covered in ice: icy roads an icy pavement B1 extremely cold: icy blast She opened the window and I was hit by an icy blast of air.icy water He fell into the icy waters of the Moscow river. Her skin was icy to the touch. having temperature lower than what is comfortable

• coldBrr, it's cold outside!
• bitterWrap up warmly - it's bitter outside!
• freezingIt's absolutely freezing in here!
• bitingA biting wind blew in her face as she opened the door.
• icyAn icy wind whistled across the plain.

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• anti-icing
• avalanche
• be snowed in idiom
• be snowed up idiom
• boilerplate
• crevasse
• de-icer
• drifting
• glacier
• hail
• hailstorm
• iceberg
• precipitation
• slushy
• snow cave
• snow day
• snow devil
• snow flurry
• snow-covered
• snowdrift

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Cold

icy adjective (UNFRIENDLY)

B2 unfriendly and showing no emotion: an icy stare not liking or being pleasant towards others

• unfriendlyThe crowd was unfriendly and dangerous.
• coolShe was very cool towards his new wife.
• coldShe's a cold, heartless woman.
• icyHe gave me an icy stare.
• glacialHer reception of him was glacial.

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• abrasive
• abrasively
• abrasiveness
• abruptly
• abruptness
• aloof
• estrangement
• estrangement from someone
• flintily
• forbidding
• forbiddingly
• gruff
• offhandedness
• offish
• remote
• remoteness
• reserved
• saturnine
• wintry
• with friends like you, who needs enemies? idiom

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icily (Definition of icy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

icy | American Dictionary

icyadjective us /ˈɑɪ·si/

icy adjective (UNFRIENDLY)

Add to word list Add to word list unfriendly and showing dislike: an icy stare

icy adjective (FROZEN WATER)

covered with ice: an icy sidewalk Icy also means extremely cold, like ice: icy winds (Definition of icy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of icy

icy In a departure from the previous book, there is no discussion of icy volcanism (cryovolcanism) on other outer planet satellites. From the Cambridge English Corpus The weather forecast, broadcast on television, warns the motorist to beware of heavy rain, fog or icy patches on roads. From the Cambridge English Corpus Subsurface environments may be more common on rocky, terrestrial and icy planets than we have thought in the past. From the Cambridge English Corpus Some giant planets might also form in this way, while others may form from an initial icy-rocky kernel and a subsequent gas capture process. From the Cambridge English Corpus The attraction of any icy beginning is obvious, even if heterodox. From the Cambridge English Corpus At the same time, he had to monitor fashion changes, lest he become old-fashioned and dowdy instead of an unapproachable, icy ideal. From the Cambridge English Corpus Menacing mechanical figurations are frozen by the icy stasis of the grieving central section. From the Cambridge English Corpus A search strategy therefore must identify sites where the habitats have been transported to and incorporated into the icy crust and exposed at the surface. From the Cambridge English Corpus If they were preserved over geologic time, a record of past and present life may reside in the icy crust. From the Cambridge English Corpus These models can almost certainly be applied to the evolution of icy satellites as well. From the Cambridge English Corpus Thus, endogenic sulphur and other chemical elements will be, at any time, found on the icy surface of the dry valley lakes. From the Cambridge English Corpus Dust grains in dense molecular clouds of the interstellar medium acquire icy mantles, and can be subsequently incorporated into comets. From the Cambridge English Corpus Survivability of bacteria ejected from icy surfaces after hypervelocity impact. From the Cambridge English Corpus The formation of polypeptides from single aminoacids was traced in simulation experiments representing the inner structure of icy dust grains. From the Cambridge English Corpus When the icy cold comes to the one who can endure being out? From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of icy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of icy?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 冷, 覆蓋著冰的，結冰的, 極冷的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 冷, 覆盖着冰的，结冰的, 极冷的… See more in Spanish helado, glacial, gélido… See more in Portuguese gelado, coberto de gelo, com gelo… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian बर्फाने झाकलेले, अत्यंत थंड!, थिजलेला… See more 氷で覆われた, 氷のように冷たい, 冷淡な… See more buzlu, kaygan, buz kaplı… See more glacé/-ée, verglacé/-ée, glacial/-ale… See more gelat, glaçat, glacial… See more ijzig, met ijs bedekt… See more பனியில் மூடப்பட்டிருக்கும், மிகவும் குளிர்ச்சியான, நட்பற்ற மற்றும் எந்த உணர்ச்சியையும் காட்டாத வகையில்… See more बर्फीला, बर्फ में ढका हुआ, बहुत ठँडा… See more બરફથી ઢંકાયેલુ, અત્યંત ઠંડુ, ઠંડા અને શુષ્ક વર્તન… See more iskold, isnende, iset… See more iskall, bitande kall, isig… See more sangat sejuk, meliputi, dingin… See more eisig, vereist… See more isete, iskald, isnende… See more برف سے ڈھکا ہوا, برفانی, سرد مہر… See more льодяний, холодний, як лід… See more మంచుతో కప్పబడి ఉండే, విపరీతమైన చలి, మృతప్రాయంగా… See more বরফের মতো ঠান্ডা, অত্যধিক ঠান্ডা, শীতল ব্যবহার… See more ledový, zledovatělý… See more dingin, berlapis es… See more หนาวจัด, ซึ่งเต็มไปด้วยน้ำแข็ง, ซึ่งเย็นชา… See more cóng, đóng băng, không thân thiện… See more oblodzony, lodowaty… See more 얼음이 뒤덮인, 매우 추운, 차가운… See more ghiacciato, gelato, gelido… See more Need a translator?

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  • Adjective 
    • icy (COLD)
    • icy (UNFRIENDLY)
• American   
  • Adjective 
    • icy (UNFRIENDLY)
    • icy (FROZEN WATER)
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