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Recent Examples of frostiness
One of the points of the posturing — in aerial ballets that take place away from public gaze hundreds of times a year — is to try to ensure that the frostiness between NATO and the Kremlin over Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine doesn't tilt into open hostility.
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ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frostiness
Noun
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The record has always been looked at as the black sheep of the two albums, the more experimental foray that embraced the coldness of synths on a stylistic side quest.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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When Charles was set to come face to face with one of the brightest, youngest faces of American politics, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, he was met with only a coldness and reminder of the crimes of British imperialism.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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His smug iciness here would serve him well playing both Patrick Bateman and Bruce Wayne.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Scientists speculated that a slow metabolism and the frigidity of the water may have combined to keep the octopus mother alive.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 May 2026
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Rugged individualism, frigidity of rugged individual.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Frostiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frostiness. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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