freezing cold
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freezing cold
adjective
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Used 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.
Similar: freezing, frigid, stone cold, ice-cold, icy, algid, Arctic, Baltic, boreal, brass monkeys, brumal, chill · Opposite: boiling hot, piping hot, scalding hot, steaming hot, baking hot, smoking hot, hot, calid, choleric, heated
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Extremely and unpleasantly cold.
I'm going to put my coat back on — I'm freezing cold again!
Similar: freezing, frigid, stone cold, ice-cold, icy, algid, Arctic, Baltic, boreal, brass monkeys, brumal, chill · Opposite: boiling hot, piping hot, scalding hot, steaming hot, baking hot, smoking hot, hot, calid, choleric, heated
noun
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Extreme and unpleasant cold.
Near-synonym: frigidity
Similar: frigidity
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noun extreme and unpleasant cold
| Español | frío que pela |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | कड़ाके की ठंड kaṛāke kī ṭhaṇḍ |
| Français | froid de canard, froid de gueux |
| Deutsch | Hundekälte |
| Русский | соба́чий хо́лод sobáčij xólod |
| עברית | קור כלבים kor klavím |
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