Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold: Describes something that has become solid ice or is extremely cold.
   • Preserved by freezing: Describes food that has been kept at very low temperatures to prevent decay.
   • Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain: Describes a manner, expression, or atmosphere that is very cold and unwelcoming.
   • Incapable of being changed or moved or undone; fixed: Describes something that is locked in place, such as prices or assets, and cannot be altered or accessed.
   • Absolutely still; immobilized: Describes a state of being completely motionless, often due to fear, shock, or astonishment.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The lake was frozen solid by January. (Describing water turned to ice.)
  • We bought frozen vegetables for convenience. (Describing preserved food.)
  • She gave him a frozen stare that made him shiver. (Describing an unfriendly expression.)
  • The company's assets were frozen by the court. (Describing assets made inaccessible.)
  • He stood frozen with terror when he saw the bear. (Describing a state of immobility.)

Advanced Usage

• "Frozen with (emotion)": To be so affected by a strong emotion (like fear, horror, shock) that one cannot move.
  • The audience was frozen with suspense during the final scene.
• "Frozen in time": Unchanged for a very long period, as if time has stopped.
  • The ancient city remains frozen in time, untouched by modernity.

Variants and Related Words

• Freeze (verb): To become or cause to become ice; to preserve by cold; to fix or make immobile.
  • The pipes might freeze tonight.
• Freezing (adjective/adverb): Extremely cold.
  • It's freezing outside.
• Freezer (noun): An appliance for freezing and storing food.
  • Put the ice cream in the freezer.

Synonyms

• Icy: Covered with or consisting of ice; very cold.
• Glacial: Extremely cold; relating to ice.
• Frigid: Very cold in temperature; stiff or formal in manner.
• Immobile: Not moving; motionless.
• Fixed: Fastened securely; established and not subject to change.

Related Phrases

• Frozen over: Covered with a layer of ice.
  • The pond has frozen over.
• Frozen out: Excluded or ignored, often socially.
  • After the argument, he felt frozen out of the group.

Related Idioms

• Frozen stiff: Extremely cold to the point of being unable to move comfortably.
  • We were waiting for the bus and got frozen stiff.
• Freeze one's blood: To cause someone to feel extreme fear or horror.
  • The ghost story was enough to freeze your blood.

Adjective

1. incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"
   • living on fixed incomes
2. not convertible to cash
   • frozen assets
3. (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value
   • frozen foods
4. not thawed
5. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
   • a frigid greeting
   • got a frosty reception
   • a frozen look on their faces
   • a glacial handshake
   • icy stare
   • wintry smile
6. absolutely still
   • frozen with horror
   • they stood rooted in astonishment
7. turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
   • the frozen North
   • frozen pipes
   • children skating on a frozen brook