Antonyms of adj icy
4 senses of icy
Sense 1
frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry -- (devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile")
INDIRECT (VIA cold) -> hot -- (extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument")
Sense 2
arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar -- (extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather")
INDIRECT (VIA cold) -> hot -- (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead")
Sense 3
icy -- (covered with or containing or consisting of ice; "icy northern waters")
INDIRECT (VIA frozen) -> unfrozen -- (not frozen; "unfrozen ground")
Sense 4
icy -- (shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice; "roads and trees glazed with an icy film")
INDIRECT (VIA glazed) -> unglazed -- (not having a shiny coating; "unglazed paper")
Similarity of adj icy
4 senses of icy
Sense 1
frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry -- (devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile")
=> cold (vs. hot) -- (extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold")
Sense 2
arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar -- (extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather")
=> cold (vs. hot) -- (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer")
Sense 3
icy -- (covered with or containing or consisting of ice; "icy northern waters")
=> frozen (vs. unfrozen) -- (turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children skating on a frozen brook")
Sense 4
icy -- (shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice; "roads and trees glazed with an icy film")
=> glazed (vs. unglazed), shiny -- (having a shiny surface or coating; "glazed fabrics"; "glazed doughnuts")