icy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: icy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for icy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
icy adj devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile" Synonym(s): frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather" Synonym(s): arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar covered with or containing or consisting of ice; "icy northern waters" shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice; "roads and trees glazed with an icy film"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Icy \I"cy\, a. [Compar. {Icier}; superl. {Iciest}.] [AS. [c6]sig. See {Ice}.] 1. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty. [bd]Icy chains.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Icy region.[b8] --Boyle. [bd]Icy seas.[b8] --Pope. 2. Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold. Icy was the deportment with which Philip received these demonstrations of affection. --Motley.