wintry

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wintry

/ˈwɪnt(ə)ɹɪ/ UK
/ˈwɪnt(ə)ɹi/ US
[ˈwɪɾ̃(ə)ɹi] US

Rhymes with -ɪntɹi

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From winter + -y; compare Old English wintriġ (a parallel formation).

adjective wintrier · wintriest · wintery

Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy. wintry weather
Similar: brumal, hibernal, hiemal
of precipitation Containing sleet or snow. It will be cloudy overnight, with outbreaks of heavy rain at times. The rain may turn wintry over higher ground.
Similar: sleety, snowy
Aged, white-haired.
Similar: grisly, hoary, ancient, aged, age-old, antediluvian, auld, cobwebbed, cobwebby, decrepit, eld, eldern
Chilling, cheerless. a wintry remark
Similar: bleak, dreary, cheerless, comfortless, dark, morose, depressing, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, doleful

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adj suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy

Español	invernal
Kiswahili	-a baridi sana
Português	hibernal, invernal, invernoso
Français	hivernal, hibernal
Deutsch	winterlich
Italiano	invernale
Ελληνικά	χειμωνιάτικος cheimoniátikos
Română	iernatic
Русский	холо́дный xolódnyj, зи́мний zímnij
العربية	شَتَوِيّ šatawiyy

adj aged, white(-haired etc.)

Русский	седо́й sedój

adj chilling, cheerless

Русский	уны́лый unýlyj, неприветливый neprivetlivyj

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@misc{wintry_2026,
  title = {wintry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wintry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}