glacial
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Synonyms & Antonyms for glacial
Synonyms
algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, chill, chilly, cold, coldish, cool, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, ice-cold, icy, nipping, nippy, numbing, polar, shivery, snappy, wintry (also wintery)
Antonyms
ardent, blazing, boiling, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, glowing, hot, igneous, molten, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, seething, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid, ultrahot, warming, white-hot
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Divers flock to the site to witness the unique geology, which includes massive underwater stalactites and stalagmites that formed during the last glacial period. — Caitlin Morton, CondĂ© Nast Traveler, "Creepy Catacombs, Islands of Dolls, and 18 Other Terrifying Places for Thrill Seekers," 4 Sep. 2019 For Pitt, those emotional stakes, McBrideâs glacial stoicism slowly melting away, provided an opportunity for personal reflection as well. — Los Angeles Times, "How Brad Pittâs âAd Astraâ survived delays, a tweaked ending and a Disney adoption," 29 Aug. 2019 SkeiĂ°arĂĄ used to be one of the island's biggest glacial rivers. — Ivana KottasovĂĄ, CNN, "Icelanders can't remember a hotter summer. It's nice, and worrying," 27 Aug. 2019 Elsa is dispatched; the mature, glacial Anne is installed. — Rachel Cusk, The New Yorker, "Françoise Sagan, the Great Interrogator of Morality," 21 Aug. 2019 With glacial ice retreating and formerly reliable sea ice becoming more and more treacherous for winter hunting and social trips, the people of Greenland understand climate change first hand. — Krista Stevens, Longreads, "Greenlandâs Deepening Ecological Grief," 19 Aug. 2019 Puppets, giant rag dolls, primary colors, skull masks, the juxtaposition of elongated and squat figures, expressionistically bold makeup and glacial movement conjure a fairy-tale nightmare. — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, "Nearly 100, the Salzburg Festival Doesnât Wait to Celebrate," 16 Aug. 2019 The slowness is largely because of our cityâs glacial process for approving housing â combined with skyrocketing construction costs and the cityâs impact fees, or taxes to offset public impacts of development, that total more than $165,000 per unit. — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, "âTheyâre getting it doneâ: What SF can learn from Seattle on housing, homelessness," 16 Aug. 2019 Guests can enjoy glacial lake excursions aboard personal watercraft, skis, or even a floating trampoline. — Candice Yacono, Orange County Register, "Where is paradise? Right near Missoula, Montana," 29 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'glacial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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