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wintry

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wintry \Win"try\, a. [AS. wintrig.]
   Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to
   winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.

         Touch our chilled hearts with vernal smile, Our wintry
         course do thou beguile.                  --Keble.

Source : WordNet®

wintry
     adj 1: characteristic of or occurring in winter; "suffered severe
            wintry weather"; "brown wintry grasses" [syn: {wintery}]
            [ant: {vernal}, {summery}, {autumnal}]
     2: 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" [syn: {frigid},
         {frosty}, {frozen}, {glacial}, {icy}]
     [also: {wintriest}, {wintrier}]
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