frosty

Other forms of frosty

comparative or superlative

frostier

comparative or superlative

frostiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about frosty

What does frosty mean?

frosty means "devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in frosty?

frosty has 2 syllables: fro-sty. The stress falls on "fro". In IPA it is /ˈfɹɔsti/.

What is another word for frosty?

Close synonyms include frigid, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frosty a common word?

frosty is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.