icy B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈaɪsi/ See IPA manual Freq #10623 Meanings 1 adj Covered with ice or very slippery because of ice. Drive carefully, the roads are icy this morning. 2 adj Extremely cold. An icy wind blew off the mountains. 3 adj Very unfriendly and cold in manner. She gave him an icy stare and walked away. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · covered with ice or very... ice-coveredfrosted 2 adj · extremely cold. polarglacialfrosty 3 adj · very unfriendly and cold in... coldfrostyforbidding Word family Forms iciericiesticily Derived forms icilyiciness Appears in Phrases (1) See all icy stare A fixed look that expresses coldness, hostility, or disdain. Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From ice + -y; cf. Old English īsiġ. Topics Describing Qualities External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # icy **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈaɪsi/ **Frequency rank:** 10623 ## Meanings 1. Covered with ice or very slippery because of ice. 2. Extremely cold. 3. Very unfriendly and cold in manner. ## Examples - Drive carefully, the roads are icy this morning. - An icy wind blew off the mountains. - She gave him an icy stare and walked away. ## Derived Forms - icily - iciness ## Etymology From ice + -y; cf. Old English īsiġ. ## AI Etymology Icy comes from ice + -y; cf. Old English īsiġ. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “Covered with ice or very slippery because of ice” and “Extremely cold”. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown