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freezing cold

extremely cold

If somewhere is freezing cold, it is extremely cold and uncomfortable.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Do you want to sit outside?

No, it is freezing cold out there.

Play the conversation

The bus stop was freezing cold this morning.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: It is freezingly cold outside.

Say: It is freezing cold outside.

The usual spoken phrase is 'freezing cold,' not 'freezingly cold.'

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

be freezing cold; feel freezing cold

Your turn: say it out loud

The bus stop was freezing cold this morning.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

freezing cold

extremely cold

“The bus stop was freezing cold this morning.”

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