below zero

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cold adj.
shivery adj.

ADJECTIVE

cold

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bitter bleak brisk chilled cool crisp frigid frosty frozen icy intense raw snowy wintry

STRONG

Siberian arctic chill cutting hyperborean icebox keen sharp stinging

WEAK

algid below freezing benumbed biting blasting boreal brumal frore gelid glacial have goose bumps hawkish hiemal iced inclement nipping nippy numbed numbing one-dog night penetrating piercing polar rimy severe shivery sleety snappy two-dog night

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hot mild nice pleasant temperate warm

ADJECTIVE

shivery

Synonyms

WEAK

Siberian algid arctic below freezing benumbed biting bitter blasting bleak boreal brisk brumal chill chilled chilly cool crisp cutting frigid frore frosty frozen gelid glacial have goose bumps hawkish hiemal hyperborean icebox iced icy inclement intense keen nipping nippy numbed numbing one-dog night penetrating piercing polar raw rimy severe sharp sleety snappy snowy stinging two-dog night wintry

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below zero

That makes TOI-199b far milder than hot Jupiters, while also being dramatically warmer than the frozen gas giants in our own solar system, where temperatures can plunge hundreds of degrees below zero.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026

"We were people who had money. Now, we've fallen below zero."

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Inflation remains toward the bottom end of the SNB’s target for annual inflation of 0%-2%, though it last fell below zero in May.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

“If we go for a walk, he’s a captive audience, but it’s been below zero here. So sometimes, I’ll interrupt ‘Jeopardy,’” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026

“Ah. That explains it. I just got a notification that it’s below zero in hell.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

below zero

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