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nipping
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of NIPPING
1
having a low or subnormal temperature <a group of campers waking up to the nipping air of a Rocky Mountain morning>
Synonyms algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, chill, chilly, coldish, cool, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, ice-cold, icy, nipping, nippy, numbing, polar, shivery, snappy, wintry (also wintery)
Related Words cryogenic, subfreezing, subzero, ultracold; cutting, keen, penetrating, piercing, sharp; bracing, brisk, crisp, invigorating, rigorous; chilled, cooled, frosted, frozen, iced, refrigerated, unheated
2
uncomfortably cool <better wear a windbreaker if you're going sailing in this nipping wind>
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