✅ Frosty describes something very cold or freezing, and in a metaphorical sense means unfriendly and lacking warmth and hospitality (We got a frosty reception from our host).
✅ Wintry describes something that evokes or resembles winter, such as cold (or nippy) and stormy weather, and in a metaphorical sense suggests lacking in warmth and cheer (She turned and looked at us with a wintry scowl).
✅ While both frosty and wintry describe things that are literally or metaphorically cold, frosty specifically suggests the freezing cold: the kind of weather that might create frost. Wintry suggests more general winter-like weather (The air was frosty; We had a week of wintry storms in September).
Check out these other wintry synonyms!
✅ Short describes something that is not tall, or not long (a short stack of pancakes).
✅ Diminutive describes something that is small or tiny (a diminutive frame).
✅ Diminutive suggests being small in all dimensions, especially when smaller than average. Describing something or someone as diminutive can suggest delicacy (The ukulele player's fingers looked diminutive next to the drummer's).
✅ Short only suggests being not tall, or not long: it doesn’t suggest that the person or thing described is out of the ordinary, or small in other dimensions (The chair's legs were a bit short for the table).
Not all these synonyms are particularly diminutive!
✅ Predictable means something that is expected, or something that can be declared in advance (A predictable choice).
✅ Foreseeable means something that can be seen in advance, or it can mean as far into the future as we can see (His negative reaction was foreseeable; for the foreseeable future).
✅ Predictable emphasizes that something is expected based on previous experience or based on given evidence (His coffee order was predictable), while foreseeable emphasizes that it’s understood that a certain thing might happen, based on reasonable assumptions and current circumstances (The problems were foreseeable).
It’s foreseeable that you’ll find these synonyms interesting!