Synonyms for wintry


Grammar : Adj
Spell : win-tree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪn tri

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Définition of wintry

Origin :
  • Old English wintrig; see winter + -y (2); "but modern use a new formation" [OED].
  • adj cold, snowy
Example sentences :
  • Their outburst of melody is like a brook let loose from wintry chains.
  • Extract from : « Buds and Bird Voices (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • It is a charming spot, even in the gloom of a wintry afternoon.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • Bitter indeed must be the wintry blast, torrid the rays of summer here.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • He had lived some wintry months in this condition, and had found it very bare and cold.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • He himself, gazing at the wintry garden, is in appearance a steady man.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • A flood of wintry sunshine suffused the interior of the dugout.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The master was in fact coming down the wintry gaslit street.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • To my wintry spring of life summer had come, warm, rich and beautiful!
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • Tents had been left behind, and the soldiers had no shelter from the wintry air.
  • Extract from : « Winning His Way » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • The scene about us was a very quiet one and wintry in the extreme.
  • Extract from : « A Woman who went to Alaska » by May Kellogg Sullivan

Antonyms for wintry

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