icicled
Hung with frost-spears
Icicled means decorated or hung with icicles, or resembling icicles in appearance: icicled eaves, an icicled beard.
The word describes winter scenes where ice has formed in dangling points: The icicled branches glittered in the morning sun.
Occasionally used figuratively for anything sharp, cold, or crystalline in quality.
Halted or hanging temporarily
- hangingExecution by noose
- pendentHanging from something
- drippingRendered cooking fat
- overhangingExtending outward above
clinging · jutting · protruding · tapering · elongated · stalactite · chandelier · fringe
Damaged by severe cold
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- snowfallPrecipitation of frozen crystals
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- eavesProjecting roof edges
rooftop · cave · waterfall · ledge · overhang · gutter · branch · windowsill
Tapering to a tip
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- needlelikeResembling a sharp spine
- spikyHaving sharp projections
- jaggedSharply uneven, notched
tapered · dagger-like · barbed · pronged · blade-like · lanceolate · stiletto · keen
Clear, ordered, brilliant
- hoarfrostFrozen fog deposit
- rimeGranular ice deposit
- frostworkOrnate ice crystal formations
- glacialOf frozen rivers
solidified · encased · glassy · brittle · transparent · glistening · encrusted · frosted
Solid-to-liquid transition
- drippingRendered cooking fat
- thawingFrozen matter liquefying
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
temporary · impermanent · seasonal · evaporating · dissolving · shrinking · waning · fragile
suspended
Halted or hanging temporarily
overhanging · clinging · jutting · protruding · tapering · elongated · stalactite · chandelier · fringe · eaves
frostbitten
Damaged by severe cold
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- snowfallPrecipitation of frozen crystals
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
eaves · rooftop · cave · waterfall · ledge · overhang · gutter · branch · windowsill · alpine
pointed
Tapering to a tip
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- needlelikeResembling a sharp spine
- spikyHaving sharp projections
jagged · tapered · dagger-like · barbed · pronged · blade-like · lanceolate · stiletto · keen · cutting
crystalline
Clear, ordered, brilliant
glacial · solidified · encased · glassy · brittle · transparent · glistening · encrusted · frosted · vitreous
melting
Solid-to-liquid transition
fleeting · temporary · impermanent · seasonal · evaporating · dissolving · shrinking · waning · fragile · delicate
icicledsun-warmed
Heated by daylight
sun-baked · heated · scorched · parched · sweltering
- icicle lightsDecorative strands resembling frozen drips