adj · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈfɹəʊzən/
US:/ˈfɹoʊzən/
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rhymes with -əʊzən
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years.
frozen pizza
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Immobilized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
I just stood frozen in terror as the robber pointed at me with his gun.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Of an account or assets, in a state such that transactions are not allowed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: banking, business
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
Examples
The mammoth was frozen shortly after death.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective
Meaning 6
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the frozen North
frozen pipes
children skating on a frozen brook
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unfrozen
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
frozen prices
living on fixed incomes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fixed
Antonyms: none provided
8
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
not convertible to cash
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
frozen assets
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
(used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
frozen foods
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flash-frozen, quick-frozen
Antonyms: none provided
10
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a frigid greeting
got a frosty reception
a frozen look on their faces
a glacial handshake
icy stare
wintry smile
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, wintry
Antonyms: none provided
11
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
not thawed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n.
Across languages
Translations
93 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
bevrore
— having undergone freezing
Arabic:
مُجَمَّد
(mujammad)
— having undergone freezing
Arabic:
مُصَقَّع
(muṣaqqaʕ)
— having undergone freezing
Asturian:
xeláu
— having undergone freezing
Bashkir:
туң
(tuñ)
— having undergone freezing
Bashkir:
туңған
(tuñğan)
— having undergone freezing
Bashkir:
туңдырылған
(tuñdırılğan)
— having undergone freezing
Bengali:
নিথর
(nithor)
— having undergone freezing
Bulgarian:
замразен
(zamrazen)
— having undergone freezing
Bulgarian:
замръзнал
(zamrǎznal)
— having undergone freezing
Bulgarian:
леден
(leden)
— having undergone freezing
Catalan:
gelat
— having undergone freezing
Chickasaw:
akmi
— having undergone freezing
Chinese Mandarin:
凍結的 /冻结的
(dòngjié de)
— having undergone freezing
Chinese Mandarin:
冷凍的 /冷冻的
(lěngdòng de)
— having undergone freezing
Chinese Mandarin:
結冰的 /结冰的
(jiébīng de)
— having undergone freezing
Czech:
zmrzlý
— having undergone freezing
Czech:
zamrzlý
— having undergone freezing
Dalmatian:
glazait
— having undergone freezing
Danish:
frossen
— having undergone freezing
Dutch:
bevroren
— having undergone freezing
Finnish:
jäädytetty
— having undergone freezing
Finnish:
pakastettu
— having undergone freezing
Finnish:
jäätynyt
— having undergone freezing
Finnish:
pakastunut
— having undergone freezing
French:
congelé
— having undergone freezing
French:
gelé
— having undergone freezing
Friulian:
inglačât
— having undergone freezing
Friulian:
glačât
— having undergone freezing
Galician:
xeado
— having undergone freezing
Galician:
conxelado
— having undergone freezing
Georgian:
გაყინული
(gaq̇inuli)
— having undergone freezing
German:
gefroren
— having undergone freezing
Greek:
κατεψυγμένος
(katepsygménos)
— having undergone freezing
Hebrew:
קפוא
(kafú')
— having undergone freezing
Hungarian:
fagyott
— having undergone freezing
Icelandic:
freðinn
— having undergone freezing
Icelandic:
frosinn
— having undergone freezing
Irish:
reoite
— having undergone freezing
Italian:
ghiacciato
— having undergone freezing
Italian:
gelato
— having undergone freezing
Italian:
congelato
— having undergone freezing
Japanese:
凍結
(tōketsu)
— having undergone freezing
Kashmiri:
شِشُر
(śiśur)
— having undergone freezing
Kazakh:
тоңазыған
(toñazyğan)
— having undergone freezing
Latin:
gelātus
— having undergone freezing
Macedonian:
замрзнат
(zamrznat)
— having undergone freezing
Macedonian:
смрзнат
(smrznat)
— having undergone freezing
Malayalam:
തണുത്തുറഞ്ഞ
(taṇuttuṟañña)
— having undergone freezing
Māori:
mae
— having undergone freezing
Western Mari:
кӹлмӹ
(kÿlmÿ)
— having undergone freezing
Mongolian:
хөлдүү
(xöldüü)
— having undergone freezing
Norwegian Bokmål:
frossen
— having undergone freezing
Norwegian Bokmål:
frosset
— having undergone freezing
Norwegian Bokmål:
tilfrosset
— having undergone freezing
Norwegian Bokmål:
fryst
— having undergone freezing
Norwegian Nynorsk:
frosen
— having undergone freezing
Norwegian Nynorsk:
fryst
— having undergone freezing
Norwegian Nynorsk:
speika
— having undergone freezing
Occitan:
gelat
— having undergone freezing
Old English:
ġefroren
— having undergone freezing
Old Norse:
frørinn
— having undergone freezing
Persian:
یخزده
(yax-zade)
— having undergone freezing
Persian:
فسرده
(fesorde)
— having undergone freezing
Polish:
zamrożony
— having undergone freezing
Portuguese:
congelado
— having undergone freezing
Portuguese:
gelado
— having undergone freezing
Romanian:
înghețat
— having undergone freezing
Russian:
заморо́женный
(zamoróžennyj)
— having undergone freezing
Russian:
моро́женый
(moróženyj)
— having undergone freezing
Russian:
замёрзший
(zamjórzšij)
— having undergone freezing
Scanian:
frøsen
— having undergone freezing
Scanian:
frøsed
— having undergone freezing
Scottish Gaelic:
reòta
— having undergone freezing
Shuswap:
alt
— having undergone freezing
Sicilian:
jilatu
— having undergone freezing
Sicilian:
gnilatu
— having undergone freezing
Slovak:
zamrznutý
— having undergone freezing
Slovak:
zmrazený
— having undergone freezing
Southern Altai:
тоҥ
(toŋ)
— having undergone freezing
Southern Altai:
тоҥырып салган
(toŋïrïp salgan)
— having undergone freezing
Southern Altai:
тоҥырган
(toŋïrgan)
— having undergone freezing
Southern Altai:
тоҥгон
(toŋgon)
— having undergone freezing
Spanish:
congelado
— having undergone freezing
Swedish:
fryst
— having undergone freezing
Swedish:
frusen
— having undergone freezing
Tagalog:
elado
— having undergone freezing
Telugu:
గడ్డకట్టిన
(gaḍḍakaṭṭina)
— having undergone freezing
Turkish:
donuk
— having undergone freezing
Turkish:
donmuş
— having undergone freezing
Ukrainian:
заморо́жений
(zamoróženyj)
— having undergone freezing
Ukrainian:
моро́жений
(moróženyj)
— having undergone freezing