icy

[ahy-see] / ˈaɪ si /

ADJECTIVE

frozen; slippery when frozen

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chilly cold freezing frigid frosty glacial polar raw

WEAK

algific antarctic arctic biting bitter chill chilled to the bone chilling frigorific frost-bound frozen over gelid glaring iced refrigerated rimy shivering shivery sleeted smooth as glass

Antonyms

STRONGEST

heated hot warm

WEAK

unfrozen watery

ADJECTIVE

aloof

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cold distant forbidding frigid frosty glacial steely stony

WEAK

chill emotionless hostile indifferent unemotional unfriendly unwelcoming

Antonyms

STRONGEST

amicable friendly hot sympathetic warm

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S before c preserves the former sound, but coalesces with the latter; hence the syllables, sca, sce, sci, sco, scu, scy, are sounded, ska, se, si, sko, sku, sy.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -y

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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -y