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frosty
frost‧y/ˈfrɒsti $ ˈfrɒːsti/ adjective 1. a) extremely cold: ▪ a beautiful frosty morning ▪ frosty air b) covered with frost: ▪ the frosty ground
2. unfriendly SYN icy frosty stare/look/tone ▪ He gave me a frosty stare. ▪ the frosty silence that followed her announcement ▪ My words got a frosty reception.
—frostily adverb
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cold/frosty morning ▪ Porridge tastes good on a cold morning. a cool/chilly/frosty reception (=not friendly or approving) ▪ His idea got a cool reception from his colleagues. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS NOUN morning ▪ Harry tugged back the curtains and squinted out at the painful brightness of a frosty morning. night ▪ I hate frosty nights and damp dark days with sleety rain - if that is New Year weather you can keep it. ▪ Tiny birds spent frosty nights sleeping on rooftops and on branches. ▪ No doubt if she had been less absorbed, she would have heard the footsteps ring out into the frosty night behind her. ▪ Dense foggy mornings, frosty nights, a lucent crown of brilliant red and golden leaves on the distant ridge. ▪ Expect frosty nights, foggy dawns, and snow on the Alpine passes. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ After their quarrel things between Maria and her father were rather frosty. ▪ I tapped on the frosty window and said, "Anybody home?" ▪ It was a frosty autumn morning with spiders' webs glistening in the frozen grass. ▪ They were both shivering slightly from the frosty air. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ His voice had become unmistakably frosty. ▪ I hate frosty nights and damp dark days with sleety rain - if that is New Year weather you can keep it. ▪ It has been sent back with a frosty message from one of his constituents, who is unidentified. ▪ January 28, 1989 was a cold, frosty day with mist across the Fens. ▪ The morning of December 31, 1862, came on with a cloudless sky and a ringing, frosty air. ▪ When we left the forest, pale moonlight reflected dimly on the frosty ground and it was easier to see.
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