English Explanatory Dictionary

wintry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.
  2. Containing sleet or snow.
  3. Aged, white-haired.
  4. Chilling, cheerless.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɪnt(ə)ɹɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wintry.wav ʹwĭnt(ə-)rē /ˈwɪnt(ə)ɹi/ [ˈwɪɾ̃(ə)ɹi]

Word forms

wintry wintrier wintriest wintery

Etymology

From winter + -y; compare Old English wintriġ (a parallel formation).

Synonyms

brumal hibernal hiemal sleety snowy grisly hoary ancient aged age-old antediluvian auld cobwebbed cobwebby decrepit eld eldern gamol gray moss-grown old old as the hills old as the Pyramids olden older than dirt older than the hills older than the Pyramids venerable wintry elder elderly geriatric gerontologic gerontological long in the tooth matured of a certain age old as Methuselah on in years over the hill senior superannuated ivy-covered preserved bleak dreary cheerless comfortless dark morose depressing desolate dire disconsolate dismal doleful dolesome drear drearisome dreich

Derived words

unwintry wintrily wintriness wintry mix wintry shower
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