The Clue
Numbing, in a way (3 letter answer)
The Answer
ICY
Tags
Notes
The answer ICY is seen frequently, appearing about once every 190 puzzles.
Related Clues
Aloof
Distant
Forbidding
Freezing
Frigid
Gelid
Glacial
Glazed
Slick
Slippery
Standoffish
Unfriendly
Wintry
Far from welcoming
Hardly gregarious
Hardly hospitable
Kind of stare
Real cold
STANdoffish; diSTANt
Treacherous, as roads
Ultra-aloof
Very distant
Weather word
Causing skidding, maybe
Dangerous to drive on, say
Less than cordial
Like some stares
Like winter sidewalks
In need of salting, maybe
Slippery, as winter roads
Slippery, as winter sidewalks
Wintry weather word
Like a street after sleet
Not offering traction, in a way
Like some stares ... or stairs in the winter
Definition
ICY as an adjective:
1. (frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry) = devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"
2. (arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar) = extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
3. covered with or containing or consisting of ice; "icy northern waters"
4. shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice; "roads and trees glazed with an icy film"