Synonyms and Antonyms of frosty
1
having a low or subnormal temperature
- a frosty autumn that was a sign of the brutal winter that followed
algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, chill, chilly, cold, coldish, cool, coolish, freezing, frigid, gelid, glacial, ice-cold, icy, nipping, nippy, numbing, polar, shivery, snappy, wintry (also wintery)
cryogenic, subfreezing, subzero, ultracold
cutting, keen, penetrating, piercing, sharp
bracing, brisk, crisp, invigorating, rigorous
chilled, cooled, frosted, frozen, iced, refrigerated, unheated
lukewarm, tepid
heated, overheated, reheated, warmed
snug, toasty, warm
feverish, flushed, inflamed (also enflamed)
canicular, equatorial, muggy, steamy, summery, tropical
ardent, blazing, boiling, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, glowing, hot, igneous, molten, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, seething, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid, ultrahot, warming, white-hot
2
having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others
- her response was frosty enough to tell me she didn't appreciate the question
aloof, antisocial, asocial, buttoned-up, cold, cold-eyed, cool, detached, distant, dry, offish, remote, standoff, standoffish, unbending, unclubbable, unsociable
indrawn, introverted, nongregarious, recessive, reclusive, reserved, unsocial, withdrawn
misanthropic
apathetic, hard, indifferent, unconcerned
clinical, dispassionate, impersonal, professional
disinterested, incurious, uninterested
reticent, silent, taciturn, uncommunicative
diffident, shy, timid
cliquey, cliquish, clubbish
boon, clubbable (also clubable), clubby, companionable, convivial, extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing
communicative, expansive, garrulous, talkative
affable, folksy, genial, gracious, hospitable
agreeable, amiable, congenial, kindly, neighborly
3
lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling
- she gave the telemarketer on the phone a frosty "No, thank you" and hung up
antiseptic, arctic, brittle, chill, chilly, clammy, cold, cold-blooded, cold-eyed, coldish, cool, frigid, frozen, gelid, glacial, hard-eyed, icy, uncordial, unfriendly, unsympathetic, wintry (also wintery)
bloodless, coldhearted, hard-hearted, heartless, kindless, pitiless, uncaring, unfeeling
reserved, soulless, undemonstrative, unemotional, unresponsive
apathetic, indifferent, unenthusiastic, uninterested
aloof, detached, dispassionate, impersonal, offish, standoffish
antisocial, unsociable, unsocial
