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Adjective: wintry (wintrier,wintriest)  win-tu-ree or wint-ree
  1. Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
    "wintry smile";
    - frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy
     
  2. Characteristic of or occurring in winter
    "brown wintry grasses"; "suffered severe wintry weather";
    - wintery

Derived forms: wintriest, wintrier

See also: brumal, cold, hibernal, hiemal, winter-blooming, winter-flowering

Antonym: autumnal, summery, vernal

Encyclopedia: Wintry

Nearest

wintergreen oil
winterise
winterize
winterly
winter's bark
winter's bark family
winter's bark tree
wintertide
wintertime
wintery
wintry
Wintun
win-win
winy
winze
WIP
wipe
wipe away
wipe off
wipe out
wipe the floor