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Wintry

Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.

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Similar meaning 6

Brumal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to winter.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Brumal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to winter.

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Cold 84% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

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Cold 84% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hibernal 84% connected

Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; winterish.

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Hibernal 84% connected

Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; winterish.

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Derivationally related 2

Winter 74% connected

The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Winter 74% connected

The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.

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Frigid 92% connected

Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Frosty 92% connected

Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing; as, a frosty night.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Frozen 92% connected

of Freeze

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Glacial 92% connected

Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Icy 92% connected

Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wintery 92% connected

Wintry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cold 82% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

general 58% interchangeable

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