Attended with or producing frost; so cold as to congeal water: as, frosty weather.
Affected or injured by frost; containing or penetrated by frost; frozen; cold; dull.
Figuratively, chill; chilling; without warmth, as of spirits, affection, or courage; tending to repel; discouraging; depressing.
Resembling hoar frost; white; gray.
Specifically, in entomology, glistening like hoar frost: an appearance generally due to minute white hairs.