1. the quality or state of being wintry; coldness and bleakness characteristic of winter
2. an unfriendly or unwelcoming quality; emotional coldness
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The wintriness of the mountain air made everyone shiver.
• Despite the sunny day, there was a wintriness in the wind.
• The wintriness of her reception surprised the new employee.
• He was struck by the wintriness of the abandoned house.
• The landscape’s wintriness created a stark but beautiful scene.
• There was an unmistakable wintriness in her voice when she spoke to him.