winterlike
Resembling the coldest
Winterlike describes something resembling or characteristic of winter—cold, bleak, or harsh: The winterlike chill surprised everyone in late October.
The word applies to weather, landscapes, or atmospheres that evoke the season without necessarily occurring during it.
Extremely and intensely cold
arctic · subzero · bitter · numbing · raw · biting · piercing · penetrating
Extremely harsh or strict
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- unforgivingShowing no leniency
- inhospitableUnwelcoming, harsh to visitors
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
forbidding · punishing · relentless · merciless · rugged · extreme · inclement · rough
Dull and depressing
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- grimHarsh and foreboding
- somberGravely serious in mood
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
stark · cheerless · dismal · forlorn · melancholy · gray · overcast · sunless
Frozen fog deposit
- rimeGranular ice deposit
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- crystallineClear, ordered, brilliant
- glitteringShining with small flashes
sparkling · silvered · frosted · frostwork · frostbitten · icicled · rimed · glistening
frigid
Extremely and intensely cold
polar · arctic · subzero · bitter · numbing · raw · biting · piercing · penetrating · chilly
severe
Extremely harsh or strict
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- unforgivingShowing no leniency
- inhospitableUnwelcoming, harsh to visitors
hostile · forbidding · punishing · relentless · merciless · rugged · extreme · inclement · rough · fierce
dreary
Dull and depressing
gloomy · stark · cheerless · dismal · forlorn · melancholy · gray · overcast · sunless · colorless
hoarfrost
Frozen fog deposit
- rimeGranular ice deposit
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- crystallineClear, ordered, brilliant
glittering · sparkling · silvered · frosted · frostwork · frostbitten · icicled · rimed · glistening
bare
Lacking any covering
stripped · empty · stark · withered · hibernating · defoliated · brown · windswept · exposed · treeless
winterlikesummery
Characteristic of warm months
summerlike · springlike · tropical · autumnal · vernal
winter, winters, wintered, wintering, wintry, winterize, winterized, winterizing, winterization