perishing[adjective]Synonyms: damned, blamed, blankety-blank, blasted, blessed, confounded, cursed, dad-blamed, dang, dashed
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
per‧ish‧ing /ˈperɪʃɪŋ/
adjective British English spoken1. very cold:
It was perishing in the tent. Let’s go indoors. I’m perishing!2. [only before noun] old-fashioned informal used to describe someone or something that is annoying you:
Tell those perishing kids to shut up!—perishingly adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲