Wintry
adjective
Related to or typical of winter.
The wintry weather made the streets slippery and cold.
Often appears as...
- wintry weather
- wintry conditions
adjective
Feeling or appearing gloomy, bleak, or desolate.
Her wintry mood reflected in her somber clothing.
Often appears as...
- wintry mood
- wintry expression
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Related to or typical of winter.
The wintry weather made the streets slippery and cold.
Often appears as...
- wintry weather
- wintry conditions
adjective
Feeling or appearing gloomy, bleak, or desolate.
Her wintry mood reflected in her somber clothing.
Often appears as...
- wintry mood
- wintry expression
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Atmospheric Imagery
Use 'wintry' to evoke the sensory aspects of winter like chill and coziness.
The wintry atmosphere at the cabin included a roaring fire and the scent of pine.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Temperature
'Wintry' is more than cold; it implies effects like snow or frost that characterize winter.
Children admired the wintry frosting on the trees.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Effects
Wintry can describe the harsh, inconvenient aspects of winter such as dangerous roads.
Drivers were warned of the wintry hazards that lay ahead.
Pro Tip 1/3Atmospheric Imagery
Use 'wintry' to evoke the sensory aspects of winter like chill and coziness.
The wintry atmosphere at the cabin included a roaring fire and the scent of pine.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Temperature
'Wintry' is more than cold; it implies effects like snow or frost that characterize winter.
Children admired the wintry frosting on the trees.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Effects
Wintry can describe the harsh, inconvenient aspects of winter such as dangerous roads.
Drivers were warned of the wintry hazards that lay ahead.
Pro Tip 1/3Atmospheric Imagery
Use 'wintry' to evoke the sensory aspects of winter like chill and coziness.
The wintry atmosphere at the cabin included a roaring fire and the scent of pine.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Temperature
'Wintry' is more than cold; it implies effects like snow or frost that characterize winter.
Children admired the wintry frosting on the trees.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Effects
Wintry can describe the harsh, inconvenient aspects of winter such as dangerous roads.
Drivers were warned of the wintry hazards that lay ahead.
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Music as a refuge PIPE...
remember as a child leaving England in the dark wintry morning snow and arriving in Africa to a ball of heat and the dead in the dead of night travelling across the Sahel over several days we came to my teachers village where there was no electricity no running water no
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The science of...
Warmer ground temperatures produce a wetter snow that is easier to pack because liquid water molecules help snowflakes stick to each other. Melted snow also plays a critical role in another wintry activity, skiing. Completely dry snow is very difficult to ski on
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Neanderthals 101 PIPE...
Also, their noses were large and had relatively high bridges. This created a nasal chamber that warmed and humidfied the cold, dry air they'd breathe in northern regions. Apart from adaptations that helped neanderthals survive a harsh, wintry habitat,
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Music as a refuge PIPE...
remember as a child leaving England in the dark wintry morning snow and arriving in Africa to a ball of heat and the dead in the dead of night travelling across the Sahel over several days we came to my teachers village where there was no electricity no running water no
Video examples
The science of...
Warmer ground temperatures produce a wetter snow that is easier to pack because liquid water molecules help snowflakes stick to each other. Melted snow also plays a critical role in another wintry activity, skiing. Completely dry snow is very difficult to ski on
Video examples
Neanderthals 101 PIPE...
Also, their noses were large and had relatively high bridges. This created a nasal chamber that warmed and humidfied the cold, dry air they'd breathe in northern regions. Apart from adaptations that helped neanderthals survive a harsh, wintry habitat,
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Quote examples
Sam Abell
American Photographer
Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would become the most biographical of my photographs - an abstract image of the landscape and life of northern Ohio where I grew up and first practiced photography.
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Tecumseh
Leader
You, too, will be driven away from your native land and ancient domains as leaves are driven before the wintry storms. Sleep not longer, O Choctaws and Chickasaws, in false security and delusive hopes. Our broad domains are fast escaping from our grasp.
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Juergen Teller
German Photographer
I'm often in Venice in November and December, when it's foggy and wintry, and the decorations in the shops and the lights in the churches make the place feel both Christmassy and melancholic.
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Honor Blackman
British Actress
Apart from anything else, I find boots are too hot except in wintry weather. At home I usually wear a sweater, shirt and slacks.
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Lytton Strachey
English Critic
There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages.
Quote examples
Sam Abell
American Photographer
Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would become the most biographical of my photographs - an abstract image of the landscape and life of northern Ohio where I grew up and first practiced photography.
Quote examples
Tecumseh
Leader
You, too, will be driven away from your native land and ancient domains as leaves are driven before the wintry storms. Sleep not longer, O Choctaws and Chickasaws, in false security and delusive hopes. Our broad domains are fast escaping from our grasp.
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Juergen Teller
German Photographer
I'm often in Venice in November and December, when it's foggy and wintry, and the decorations in the shops and the lights in the churches make the place feel both Christmassy and melancholic.
Quote examples
Honor Blackman
British Actress
Apart from anything else, I find boots are too hot except in wintry weather. At home I usually wear a sweater, shirt and slacks.
Quote examples
Lytton Strachey
English Critic
There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages.
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