wintry.

1. Having the cold, bleak, or snowy conditions associated with winter.

2. Cold, unwelcoming, or lacking warmth in a person’s manner or expression.

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Words that belong together

• wintry weather
• wintry morning
• wintry showers

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Wintry showers swept across the ridge.

The wintry morning kept the harbor unusually quiet.

A wintry wind cut through the thin coat.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Comparative wintrier; superlative wintriest. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.