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Meaning of "wintriness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WINTRINESS

wintriness  [ˈwɪntrɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WINTRINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wintriness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WINTRINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

wintriness

Winter

Winter is the coldest season of the year in temperate climates, between autumn and spring. It is caused by the axis of the Earth in the respective hemisphere being oriented away from the Sun. Different cultures define different dates as the start of winter, and some use a definition based on weather, but when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa. In many regions, winter is associated with snow and freezing temperatures. At the winter solstice, the days are shortest and the nights are longest, with days lengthening as the season progresses after the solstice.

Definition of wintriness in the English dictionary

The definition of wintriness in the dictionary is the quality of being characteristic of winter weather. Other definition of wintriness is the quality of lacking cheer or warmth; bleakness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WINTRINESS


airiness
ˈɛərɪnɪs
cheeriness
ˈtʃɪərɪnɪs
contrariness
kənˈtrɛərɪnɪs
dreariness
ˈdrɪərɪnɪs
Erinys
ɪˈrɪnɪs
hairiness
ˈhɛərɪnɪs
jitteriness
ˈdʒɪtərɪnɪs
mercenariness
ˈmɜːsɪnərɪnɪs
merriness
ˈmerɪnɪs
necessariness
ˈnɛsɪsərɪnɪs
ordinariness
ˈɔːdɪnərɪnɪs
poriness
ˈpɔːrɪnɪs
slipperiness
ˈslɪpərɪnɪs
solitariness
ˈsɒlɪtərɪnɪs
stationariness
ˈsteɪʃənərɪnɪs
sultriness
ˈsʌltrɪnɪs
voluntariness
ˈvɒləntərɪnɪs
wariness
ˈwɛərɪnɪs
weariness
ˈwɪərɪnɪs
wiriness
ˈwaɪərɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WINTRINESS

winterish
winterization
winterize
winterkill
winterkilling
winterless
winterliness
winterly
Winterthur
wintertide
wintertime
winterweight
wintery
Winthrop
wintle
Winton
wintrier
wintriest
wintrily
wintry

WORDS THAT END LIKE WINTRINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
readiness
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of wintriness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wintriness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WINTRINESS

Find out the translation of wintriness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wintriness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wintriness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

wintriness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

wintriness
570 millions of speakers

English

wintriness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

wintriness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البرودة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

wintriness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

wintriness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

wintriness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

wintriness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesederhanaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wintriness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

wintriness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

wintriness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wintriness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

wintriness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

wintriness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विचित्रपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

soğukluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

freddo invernale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wintriness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

wintriness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

wintriness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χειμερινή ψυχρότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wintriness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

wintriness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

wintriness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wintriness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WINTRINESS»

The term «wintriness» is used very little and occupies the 188.467 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WINTRINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wintriness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wintriness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wintriness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WINTRINESS»

Discover the use of wintriness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wintriness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Japanese Effect in Contemporary Irish Poetry
Whether Mahon is familiar with these sources is uncertain, but the poem he clearly has in mind is 'The Snow Man', about which Pat Righelato says: 'The creative consciousness must discipline itself to a condition of wintriness in order to ...
Irene De Angelis, 2012
2
Climate: Present, Past and Future (Routledge Revivals): ...
Rockies and Lake Baikal in Siberia) where winter-summer differences are especially big, to define an 'index of wintriness'. Over all the months of the year in the 40 years, 1899—1939, investigated, BRIER found more summerlike pressure  ...
H. H. Lamb, 2013
3
Brave New World: Original
Wintriness responded to wintriness. The overalls of the workers were white, their hands gloved with a pale corpse-coloured rubber. The light was frozen, dead, a ghost. Only from the yellow barrels of the microscopes did it borrow a certain rich  ...
Aldous Huxley
4
Road to Egdon Heath: The Aesthetics of the Great in Nature
Hardy associates Egdon Heath (and Thule') with the spiritual wintriness of modern humanity. wINTRINEss, a member of the Metaphon'cal Gmup, also has kin in the Minimal Group, including BARENEss. It can evoke feelings of CHALLENGE ...
Richard Bevis, 1999
5
Dystopian Fiction East and West: Universe of Terror and Trial
We see further that in the laboratory “wintriness responded to wintriness” and that “the overalls of the workers were white, their hands gloved with a pale, corpse coloured rubber, [and that] the light was frozen, dead, a ghost” (15). Still, although  ...
Erika Gottlieb, 2001
6
The Future is Now: America Confronts the New Genetics
Wintriness responded to wintriness. The overalls of the workers were white, their hands gloved with a pale corpse-coloured rubber. The light was frozen, dead, a ghost. Only from the yellow barrels of the microscopes did it borrow a certain rich  ...
Eric Cohen, William Kristol, 2002
7
The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and ...
... only the glass and nickel and bleakly shining porcelain of a laboratory. Wintriness responded to wintriness. The overalls of the workers were whire, theit hands gloved with a pale corpse-coloured rubber. The Aldous Huxley I 397 CXXXVI.
Ronald Carter, John McRae, 2001
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Brave New World
Wintriness responded to wintriness. The overalls of the workerswere white, their hands gloved with a pale corpsecoloured rubber. The lightwas frozen, dead, a ghost. Only fromthe yellow barrelsof the microscopes didit borrow acertain richand ...
Zola Press, 2010
9
Between Doctors and Patients: The Changing Balance of Power
The contrast between the intended life-producing purpose of this room and its actual deadening effect emerges from all the descriptive notations: the dominant wintriness in the cold, the northern exposure, the "harsh thin light," the pervasive  ...
Lilian R. Furst, 1998
10
English/English Literature AQA
Wintriness responding to wintriness. The overalls of the workers were white, their hands gloved with a pale corpse-coloured rubber. The light was frozen dead, a ghost. Only from the yellow barrels of the microscopes did it borrow a certain rich  ...
Steven Croft, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WINTRINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wintriness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Anorexia and Frozen: How people with eating disorders find Elsa …
"The idea of anorexia and its association with cold and wintriness is really complex. The idea that anorexics are often literally cold, they are isolated, and many of ... «BBC News, May 15»
2
When has spring sprung in your mind?
However it has had its moments of storminess and wintriness, providing occasions when there has been some disruption. spring lamb g wp When has spring ... «Channel 4 News, Feb 15»
3
Future Brown and Tink collaborate on 'Room 302'
With a minimalist, industrial beat, beset with glassy synths – an explosion of brash wintriness – Future Brown provide the huge, jagged soundscape through ... «The 405, Jan 15»
4
WEATHER: Will it snow in Cambridge this weekend?
We might get the odd bit of wintriness, but we're not expecting any snow at the moment,” said Dan Williams, spokesman for the Met Office. So, what about the ... «Cambridge News, Dec 14»
5
Review: Emotional 'The Theory Of Everything' Led By Fierce …
The interior shots of the Hawking household, the colorful array of fireworks on a starry night, the light show in Bordeaux, the surgical wintriness of the hospitals: ... «Indie Wire, Nov 14»
6
TIFF Review: James Marsh's 'The Theory Of Everything' Starring …
The interior shots of the Hawking household, the colorful array of fireworks on a starry night, the light show in Bordeaux, the surgical wintriness of the hospitals: ... «Indie Wire, Sep 14»
7
Cløwns and Queens review – 'A constantly shifting dance of desire'
Emotional formality and a certain wintriness constantly keep the audience at bay – you start to feel like a scientist examining specimens in a laboratory, rather ... «The Guardian, Mar 14»
8
Garden Museum has a rare peculiar charm
Now, despite the wintriness, is a good time to visit (there's a good café and shop, by the way). Rebecca Louise Law has created an attractive installation of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 14»
9
Stylish, fun movers and shakers turn out for Caritas anniversary …
Not to mention that it took place during a mild evening — a break from the recent wintriness — and encompassed the grand back balcony of Hotel Ella's ... «CultureMap Austin, Feb 14»
10
My Not Really Bon Iver Song of the Year: Volcano Choir's “Alaskans”
Like most Bon Iver tracks, “Alaskans” finds warmth in wintriness. Vernon hovers near a deeper register, one he's taken for a walk on Bon Iver's “Blood Bank” and ... «Grantland, Dec 13»

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