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View synonyms for iciness

iciness

/ ˈaɪsɪnɪs /

noun

  1. the condition of being icy or very cold
  2. a manner that is cold or reserved; aloofness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

But I never found courage to betray my lack of sympathy in all its iciness.

The evening was one of wonders for which I had no name—wonders associated with an iciness that was far from agreeable.

Hot-water cans put in at Plymouth mitigated to some extent the iciness of the compartment.

There was an angry iciness about Dick to which David was entirely a stranger.

Critics like Huysmans have exaggerated its present iciness: no one can pray in Laon, he exclaimed; its soul is fled forever.

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