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Adjective: icy (icier,iciest)  I-see
  1. Extremely cold
    "icy hands";
    - arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, polar
     
  2. Covered with, containing or consisting of ice
    "icy northern waters"
     
  3. Shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice
    "roads and trees glazed with an icy film"
     
  4. Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
    "icy stare";
    - frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, wintry

Derived forms: iciest, icier

See also: cold, frozen, glazed, shiny

Encyclopedia: Icy