Synonyms and Antonyms of wintry
1
having a low or subnormal temperature
algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, chill, chilly, cold, coldish, cool, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, ice-cold, icy, nipping, nippy, numbing, polar, shivery, snappy
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
- the doorman gave the uninvited visitors a wintry smile and escorted them out
antiseptic, arctic, brittle, chill, chilly, clammy, cold, cold-blooded, cold-eyed, coldish, cool, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, hard-eyed, icy, uncordial, unfriendly, unsympathetic
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
