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frozen

• (a) turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
  • the frozen North
  • frozen pipes
  • children skating on a frozen brook
• (s) absolutely still
  • frozen with horror
  • they stood rooted in astonishment
  rooted, stock-still,
• (s) 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
  frosty, icy, glacial, wintry, frigid,
• (s) not thawed
• (s) (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value
  • frozen foods
  flash-frozen, quick-frozen,
• (s) not convertible to cash
  • frozen assets
• (s) incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"
  • living on fixed incomes
  fixed,

Synonyms

rooted stock-still frosty icy glacial wintry frigid flash-frozen quick-frozen fixed

Antonyms

unfrozen

See also

cold unmelted

Words of close approximity