Meanings
- not comparableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see freezing, cold: cold in a way that involves freezing of water or other liquids.
Don't even touch that pump handle — it's freezing cold and your skin might freeze against it.
Synonyms: freezing, frigid, stone cold, ice-cold, icy, algid, Arctic, Baltic · Antonyms: boiling hot, piping hot, scalding hot, steaming hot, baking hot, smoking hot, hot, calid
- broadlyidiomaticnot comparableExtremely and unpleasantly cold.
I'm going to put my coat back on — I'm freezing cold again!
Synonyms: freezing, frigid, stone cold, ice-cold, icy, algid, Arctic, Baltic · Antonyms: boiling hot, piping hot, scalding hot, steaming hot, baking hot, smoking hot, hot, calid
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see freezing, cold: cold in a way that involves freezing of water or other liquids.
adjectiveExtremely and unpleasantly cold.
nounExtreme and unpleasant cold.
Translations
Bulgarian смразя́ващо студе́н
- смразя́ващо студе́н (smrazjávašto studén)extremely and unpleasantly cold
Dutch ijskoud, vrieskou
- ijskoudextremely and unpleasantly cold
- vrieskouextreme and unpleasant cold
French froid de canard, froid de gueux
- froid de canardextreme and unpleasant cold
- froid de gueuxextreme and unpleasant cold
German Hundekälte
- Hundekälteextreme and unpleasant cold
Hebrew קור כלבים
- קור כלבים (kor klavím)extreme and unpleasant cold
Hindi कड़ाके की ठंड
- कड़ाके की ठंड (kaṛāke kī ṭhaṇḍ)extreme and unpleasant cold
Romania frig de crapă pietrele
- frig de crapă pietreleextreme and unpleasant cold
Russian соба́чий хо́лод
- соба́чий хо́лод (sobáčij xólod)extreme and unpleasant cold
Spanish frío que pela
- frío que pelaextreme and unpleasant cold
Cite this entry
freezing cold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freezing%20cold
“freezing cold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freezing%20cold. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freezing cold,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freezing%20cold.
Source: freezing cold on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.