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: very cold
"Put on your jacket. It's freezing outside!"
Addy rushed home through the darkening streets as if she were pushed along by the wind. She was freezing!—
Connie Porter
Connie Porter2
: being at or below the temperature at which water freezes
a forecast for freezing temperatures overnight
freezing
adverb
The weather was freezing cold. [=very cold]
freezingly
adverb
freezingly cold temperatures
Mrs. Reed's hands still lay on her work inactive: her eye of ice continued to dwell freezingly on mine.
—Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë
: the temperature at which water freezes
temperatures dipping below freezing
Examples of freezing in a Sentence
Adjective
why aren't you wearing a coat, as it's freezing outside?
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Sitting in the new Nissan Stadium will be a lot more comfortable than the current open-air arena, whether on a hot day or during freezing temperatures.
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David Brennan, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
And, despite the freezing temperatures during her three nights alone, Nutmeg stayed dry and warm under her jammies and jacket.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Sitting in the new Nissan Stadium will be a lot more comfortable than the current open-air arena, whether on a hot day or during freezing temperatures.
—Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
Trump presses Putin on peace Putin and his top officials have claimed willingness to make a deal, though have demanded the freezing of the current front lines and Ukraine's withdrawal from key battlefields including those in Donetsk Oblast in the east of the country.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
Egg Advisor Egg Advisor aims to provide women with advice at the earliest stage of their fertility planning, with a particular focus on new technologies such as egg freezing.
—Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Freezing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freezing. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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