wintry
/ˈwɪntri/
adjective
- Typical of winter; cold, snowy, or stormy.
- The wintry wind made everyone shiver as they walked to school.
- We stayed inside and drank hot cocoa during the wintry weather.
- The landscape looked beautiful under a wintry blanket of snow.
- Cold or unfriendly in manner or feeling.
- His wintry silence filled the room with tension.
- The manager's wintry tone discouraged any questions.
- She gave him a wintry stare that made him regret his joke.