freeze off

Questions about freeze off

What does freeze off mean?

freeze off means "reject with contempt".

What is another word for freeze off?

Close synonyms include reject, spurn, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is freeze off a common word?

freeze off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.