freezing

American  

[free-zing] / ˈfri zɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of temperatures) approaching, at, or below the freezing point.

2. extremely or uncomfortably cold; chilled.

   We were both freezing and welcomed the hot cocoa.

3. beginning to freeze or partially frozen; frozen; in the process of being or becoming frozen. frozen.

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freezing British  

/ ˈfriːzɪŋ /

adjective

1. informal extremely cold

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Other Word Forms

• freezingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of freezing

First recorded in 1605–15; freeze + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Monday marked the 11th consecutive day in the city of below freezing weather.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meanwhile, the winter storms raging through the Eastern U.S. have left people without power for days in freezing temperatures.

From The Wall Street Journal

A massive winter storm continues to hit large parts of the country, dumping snow, sleet and freezing rain and leaving hundreds of thousands without power in the South.

From Los Angeles Times

"I do not think it is a moral thing for you to do to be freezing the repayment threshold in this way."

From BBC

So Yulia now lives in a long, quilted coat and hat in her flat, and rests her feet on a saucepan-full of hot water to keep them from freezing.

From BBC

Related Words

• biting
• chilly
• frigid
• frosty
• glacial
• icy
• numbing
• polar
• wintry