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Antonyms for brumal
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : broo-muh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbru məl |
Definition of brumal
Origin :- "belonging to winter," 1510s, from Latin brumalis, from bruma "winter" (see brume). The Latin word also is the ultimate source of Brumaire, second month (Oct. 22-Nov. 20) in calendar of the French Republic, literally "the foggy month," coined 1793 by Fabre d'Eglantine from French brume "fog" (see brume).
- As in wintry : adj cold, snowy
- As in shivery : adj cold
- As in cold : adj chilly, freezing
- As in ice-cold : adj very cold
- He shivers in brumal blasts, and hungry he chirps before your door.
- Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen
- He shivers in the brumal blast; hungry he chirps before your door.
- Extract from : « Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore » by Charles Hardwick
- On a brumal November day, the Sarmania was to sail on her first trip under the Sutton house-flag.
- Extract from : « The Viking Blood » by Frederick William Wallace
- The brumal distance of the sun is felt, even in the intertropical regions.
- Extract from : « The Mission to Siam, and Hu the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2 » by George Finlayson
- He shivers in the brumal blast; hungry, he chirps before your door.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, No. 179. Saturday, April 2, 1853. » by Various
Synonyms for brumal
- algid
- arctic
- below freezing
- below zero
- benumbed
- biting
- bitter
- bitterly cold
- blasting
- bleak
- boreal
- brisk
- brumal
- chill
- chilled
- chilly
- cool
- crisp
- cutting
- desolate
- dismal
- freezing
- frigid
- frore
- frosty
- frozen
- gelid
- glacial
- harsh
- have goose bumps
- hawkish
- hibernal
- hiemal
- hyperborean
- icebox
- iced
- icy
- inclement
- intense
- keen
- nipping
- nippy
- numbed
- numbing
- one-dog night
- penetrating
- piercing
- polar
- raw
- rimy
- severe
- sharp
- shivery
- Siberian
- sleety
- snappy
- snowy
- stinging
- sub-zero
- three-dog night
- two-dog night
- wintry
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