Synonyms and Antonyms of glacial
1
having a low or subnormal temperature
- a glacial weather front coming down from Canada will bring freezing temperatures this weekend
algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, chill, chilly, cold, coldish, cool, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, 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
lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling
- her glacial manner discouraged him from attempting further conversation
antiseptic, arctic, brittle, chill, chilly, clammy, cold, cold-blooded, cold-eyed, coldish, cool, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, 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
