Adjective: wintry (wintrier,wintriest) win-tu-ree or wint-ree
- Characteristic of or occurring in winter
"brown wintry grasses"; "suffered severe wintry weather";
- wintery
- Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
"wintry smile";
- frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy
Derived forms: wintriest, wintrier
See also: brumal, cold, hibernal, hiemal, winter-blooming, winter-flowering
Encyclopedia: Wintry