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glacial

/ˈɡleɪ.ʃ(ɪ)əl/adjective2 syllables

Glacial means: devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain.

Synonyms for glacial10

adjective, as in devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain

frigid, frosty, frozen, icy, wintry, cold

adjective, as in extremely cold

arctic, frigid, gelid, icy, polar, cold

also used for glacial

ice age

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What does glacial mean?3

adjective

1

devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain“a frigid greeting”

2

extremely cold“an arctic climate”

3

relating to or derived from a glacier“glacial deposit”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with glacial?4

two syllables

racialfacialspatial

four syllables

interracial
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Glacial in a sentence

  • In front of the fireplace, they shared stories to forget the glacial winter nights.samir_t
  • Glacial meltwater is not purer than other types of water.Hybrid
  • Glacial water gets its colour from rock flour.Hybrid
  • The melted snowpack seeps down to fill mountainside indentations to form glacial lakes.Hybrid
  • This project runs at a glacial pace.Lumi_alt
  • There are three glacial fjords in Ireland.zumley

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