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ICINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lack of affection or enthusiasm
Example:
a distressing coldness of tone and manner
Synonyms:
chilliness; coldness; coolness; frigidity; frigidness; iciness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("iciness" is a kind of...):
emotionlessness; unemotionality (absence of emotion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "iciness"):
stone (a lack of feeling or expression or movement)
lukewarmness; tepidness (lack of passion, force or animation)
Derivation:
icy (devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Coldness due to a cold environment
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("iciness" is a kind of...):
cold; coldness; frigidity; frigidness; low temperature (the absence of heat)
Derivation:
icy (covered with or containing or consisting of ice)
icy (shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice)
