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nipping

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of nipping

1 having a low or subnormal temperature

a group of campers waking up to the nipping air of a Rocky Mountain morning

Synonyms of nipping

algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, chill, chilly, cold, coldish, cool, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, ice-cold, icy, nippy, numbing, polar, shivery, snappy, wintry (also wintery)

Words Related to nipping

cryogenic, subfreezing, subzero, ultracold

cutting, keen, penetrating, piercing, sharp

bracing, brisk, crisp, invigorating, rigorous

chilled, cooled, frosted, frozen, iced, refrigerated, unheated

Near Antonyms of nipping

lukewarm, tepid

heated, overheated, reheated, warmed

snug, toasty, warm

feverish, flushed, inflamed (also enflamed)

canicular, equatorial, muggy, steamy, summery, tropical

Antonyms of nipping

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 uncomfortably cool

better wear a windbreaker if you're going sailing in this nipping wind

Synonyms of nipping

bitter, bleak, chill, chilling, chilly, nippy, raw, sharp

Words Related to nipping

bracing, brisk, crisp, invigorating, rigorous, snappy

arctic, bitter, cold, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, glacial, ice-cold, icy, numbing, polar, shivery, wintry (also wintery)

subfreezing, subzero

frore, frosted, frozen, iced, refrigerated, unheated

Near Antonyms of nipping

lukewarm, tepid

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