wintriness
Quality of frost
Wintriness is the quality of being wintry—cold, bleak, or suggestive of winter.
The term applies to weather the wintriness of the December morning but extends to emotional coldness or inhospitality: There was a wintriness to her reception that made him regret coming.
Extremely cold
- frostThin ice coating
- iceWater's solid form
- snowflakeFeathery ice crystal
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
sleet · hail · polar · arctic · glacial · hypothermia · numbness · shivering
Bleak and abandoned
- barrenUnable to produce
- starkSevere and unadorned
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- grimHarsh and foreboding
dreary · forlorn · somber · gloomy · austere · melancholy · inhospitable · uninviting
Day of maximum tilt
- hibernationProlonged winter dormancy
- evergreenRetains foliage year-round
- snowfallPrecipitation of frozen crystals
- hearthFireplace floor area
fireplace · flannel · woolens · mittens · scarf · overcoat · eggnog · cocoa
Emotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- distantFar away or aloof
- unfriendlyNot welcoming or warm
- unwelcomingHostile to guests
- cold-shoulderIntentional social rejection
reserved · frosty · icy · standoffish · chilly · cool · detached · impersonal
freezing
Extremely cold
blizzard · sleet · hail · polar · arctic · glacial · hypothermia · numbness · shivering · chill
desolate
Bleak and abandoned
grim · dreary · forlorn · somber · gloomy · austere · melancholy · inhospitable · uninviting · sullen
solstice
Day of maximum tilt
- hibernationProlonged winter dormancy
- evergreenRetains foliage year-round
- snowfallPrecipitation of frozen crystals
hearth · fireplace · flannel · woolens · mittens · scarf · overcoat · eggnog · cocoa · poinsettia
aloof
Emotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- distantFar away or aloof
- unfriendlyNot welcoming or warm
- unwelcomingHostile to guests
cold-shoulder · reserved · frosty · icy · standoffish · chilly · cool · detached · impersonal · stiff
wintrinesswarmth
Heat you feel
cordiality · friendliness · geniality · hospitableness · affability
winter, wintry, wintertime, winters, wintery, wintergreen, overwinter, winterize, winterish