freezing
n.n. extremely cold. You use this to describe weather, water, or how your body feels when you are very chilled.
n. at or below the temperature at which water turns to ice; colloquially used to describe extreme coldness in weather or physical sensation.
The water is freezing so do not jump in.
The hikers were caught in a freezing rainstorm and had to find shelter immediately to avoid hypothermia.
Despite the freezing temperatures outside, the insulation in the cabin kept the interior remarkably warm throughout the night.
By surface analysis, freeze + -ing.
Commonly used as a gradable adjective in casual speech, though technically it refers to a specific temperature point.
It is very freezing todayIt is absolutely freezing todayFreezing is an extreme adjective; it is paired with 'absolutely' or 'completely' rather than 'very'.