frost

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of FROST

a covering of tiny ice crystals on a cold surface <the wintertime routine of scraping the frost off the car's windshield every morning>

Synonyms hoar, hoarfrost, rime

Related Words frostwork

something that has failed <the get-acquainted meeting with his fiancée's parents turned out to be a complete frost>

Synonyms bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washout

Related Words also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss; botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles; nonevent; nonstarter

Near Antonyms corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon

Antonyms blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner

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