freezing cold

Examples

• All

• What am I supposed to do when it's freezing cold in here?

  Blog text (14)

• The air was freezing cold, even inside the hangar.

  Fiction book (1999)

• But on the other hand, it was freezing cold.

  I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005)

• Driving about in the middle of the night, dark, freezing cold, looking for you.

  Eddie the Eagle (2016)

• Okay um, we should leave now though and uh, pack warm because it's freezing cold there.

  Infernum (2019)

• So it's freezing cold in Ukraine in the winter.

• Now today is still freezing cold and my studio is not any warmer.

• But anyway, I'm going to risk it because my skin does feel dry after the freezing cold mountain air today.

  Freddy My Love

• In the winter, it became dark at 5:00 p.m. and freezing cold outside.

  Blog text (7)

• Nate is out there in the freezing cold rain.

Synonyms

C

cold

vsfreezing cold

∞ 1.0

Having a low temperature that feels chilly

is a much stronger, often below freezing degree of chill

C

chilly

vsfreezing cold

100 1.0

A bit cold in a way that feels uncomfortable

refers to much more intense and possibly dangerous cold

I

icy

vsfreezing cold

89 1.0

Very cold with surfaces covered in ice

focuses more on the personal unpleasant sensation of that cold

I

ice-cold

vsfreezing cold

34 1.0

Very cold, like frozen water

is equally extreme but emphasizes unpleasantness more

F

frigid

vsfreezing cold

30 4.1

Very cold, like ice or freezing air

adds a stronger sense that the cold is unpleasant or extreme

A

arctic

vsfreezing cold

14 4.5

Very cold, like the weather near the North Pole

is less geographic and more about being deeply unpleasantly cold

F

frosty

vsfreezing cold

11 1.0

Cold, often with a thin layer of ice on the ground

focuses on feeling extremely and unpleasantly cold rather than surface state

B

bone-chilling

vsfreezing cold

5 7.0

Very cold or scary

is mainly about the severe low temperature rather than fear

S

stone-cold

vsfreezing cold

1 4.1

Very cold with no warmth left

refers to extreme low temperatures but not only total lack of warmth

S

subfreezing

vsfreezing cold

1 3.9

Colder than the temperature where water turns to ice

describes the same low temperatures but highlights how it feels

B

baltic

vsfreezing cold

• UK

1 6.8

Very cold, often with a strong wind

is a standard description of extreme cold without slangy tone

C

cold as a witch's tit

vsfreezing cold

• Offensive

1 9.9

Very cold in a way that feels unpleasant

is a neutral extreme description without coarse or humorous tone

C

cold as balls

vsfreezing cold

• Offensive

1 9.9

People say this to mean very cold in a joking, exaggerated way

expresses the same severity without vulgar or joking language

F

freezing

vsfreezing cold

1.0

So cold that water turns to ice

is similarly extreme but also often feels unpleasantly cold

P

perishingly cold

vsfreezing cold

• Informal

7.2

Very cold in a way that makes being outside difficult

matches the extreme idea but is a more neutral label

U

ultracold

vsfreezing cold

5.6

Much colder than normal, for example in special freezers or very cold weather

is everyday language focusing on how unpleasantly cold it feels

I

icily cold

vsfreezing cold

4.7

Very low in temperature and clearly unfriendly

shares the low temperature but is more about physical unpleasantness

S

subzero

vsfreezing cold

5.5

Very cold in behavior, showing no warmth or friendliness

is about the physical extreme cold without emotional meaning

P

parky

vsfreezing cold

• UK

9.1

Feeling quite cold, often said about the weather

is the general term for extreme cold used everywhere

Antonyms

M

mild

75 1.0

Weather that is not very cold or hot and feels pleasant

T

tropical

72 2.3

Hot and humid like the weather near the equator

How Cold

frigid

30 4.1

freezing cold

15 1.3

cold

131 1.0

chilly

100 1.0

cool

608 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology