frozen stiff
Cold and immobile
Frozen stiff describes something so cold it has become rigid and immobile.
A corpse left in winter weather is frozen stiff.
The phrase also describes people who are extremely cold: I forgot my gloves and my hands are frozen stiff.
See also STIFF, where frozen stiff appears as an intensified form meaning extremely frozen.
- petrifiedSolidified or fear-paralyzed
- deer in headlightsParalyzed by sudden shock
- rooted to the spotImmobilized by shock
- immobileUnable to shift
- benumbedMade unfeeling, desensitized
rigid · hardened · stone cold · ice cold · cold as ice · unmoving · solidified · below zero · inflexible · corpse-like · dread · terror · paralysis · arctic · bone chilling · dead of winter · catatonic · icicle
- Cold Expressionsbitter cold, bone-chilling, cold snap, cold spell, frigid
- Cold Sensationschill, chills, shiver, shivers, shivering
- stillnessstillness, motionless, motionlessness, immobility, unmoving
- temperature idiomscold shoulder, hot head, in hot water, cold feet, hot under the collar
- scary feelingsterrified, frightening, dreadful, creepiness, goosebumps
frozen stiffboiling hot
Extremely high temperature
warm · burning up · red-hot · piping hot · heated
frozen stifflimber
Bending without resistance
flexible · supple · loose · pliable · loose-limbed
frozen stifffull of life
Energetic and animated
alive and kicking · animated · lively · warm-blooded · vibrant
frozen, stiff, freeze, freezing, froze, frost, frosty, freezer, frosted