1
[ adjective ] devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain

Synonyms

icy frozen frosty wintry frigid

Examples

"a frigid greeting" "got a frosty reception" "a frozen look on their faces" "a glacial handshake" "icy stare" "wintry smile"

Related terms

cold

2
[ adjective ] relating to or derived from a glacier

Examples

"glacial deposit"

Related terms

glacier

3
[ adjective ] extremely cold

Synonyms

icy frigid freezing gelid polar arctic

Examples

"an arctic climate" "let's get inside I'm freezing" "a frigid day" "gelid waters of the North Atlantic" "glacial winds" "icy hands" "polar weather"

Related terms

cold

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Rhymes with

palatial facial racial spatial biracial interracial nonracial multiracial herschel bushel paschal social actual special inertial crucial torrential presidential differential preferential deferential vice-presidential noncommercial reverential existential experiential exponential potential essential nonresidential uncontroversial credential jurisprudential commercial quintessential noncontroversial confidential prudential controversial marshal marshall partial martial initial official judicial prejudicial infomercial superficial sacrificial beneficial unofficial antisocial artificial insubstantial financial impartial prenuptial nonfinancial circumstantial provincial substantial

Phonetic and Homophones

G L EY1 SH AH0 L

Similar Spelling

glacially glycol

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