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Adjective: glacial  gleyshul
  1. Relating to or derived from a glacier
    "glacial deposit"
     
  2. Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
    "a glacial handshake"
    - frigid, frosty, frozen, icy, wintry
     
  3. Extremely cold
    "glacial winds"
    - arctic, frigid, gelid, icy, polar

See also: cold, glacially, glaciation, glacier

Encyclopedia: Glacial