About The Word Frigid
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Frigid
Frigid Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Frigid?
[adj] extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "let's get inside; I'm freezing"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
[adj] devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile" [adj] sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman" Synonyms | Synonyms for Frigid: arctic | cold | freezing | frosty | frozen | gelid | glacial | icy | polar | unloving | wintry Related Terms | Find terms related to Frigid: affectless | algid | aloof | anesthetized | arctic | asexual | austere | autistic | backward | bashful | below zero | biting | bitter | bitterly cold | blank | bleak | blunt | boreal | brisk | brumal | callous | castrated | catatonic | chill | chilled | chilly | cold | cold as charity | cold as death | cold as ice | cold as marble | cold-blooded | coldhearted | constrained | cool | crisp | cutting | detached | discreet | dispassionate | distant | drugged | dull | emasculated | emotionally dead | emotionless | eunuchized | exclusive | expressionless | forbidding | freezing | freezing cold | frosted | frosty | frozen | frustrated | gelid | glacial | guarded | haughty | heartless | hibernal | hiemal | hyperboreal | hyperborean | ice-cold | ice-encrusted | icelike | icy | immovable | impassible | impassive | impersonal | impervious | impotent | inaccessible | inclement | indifferent | inexcitable | inhibited | insusceptible | introverted | keen | modest | neuter | neutral | nipping | nippy | nonemotional | numbing | obdurate | objective | obtuse | offish | Olympian | out of touch | passionless | passive | penetrating | piercing | pinching | polar | prim | raw | remote | removed | repressed | reserved | restrained | reticent | retiring | rigid | rigorous | seclusive | self-absorbed | severe | sexless | sharp | shrinking | Siberian | sleety | slushy | snappy | soulless | spiritless | standoff | standoffish | steely | stiff | stone-cold | stony | strait-laced | subdued | subzero | supercooled | suppressed | thick-skinned | unaffable | unaffectionate | unapproachable | uncongenial | undemonstrative | undersexed | unemotional | unexpansive | unfeeling | unfriendly | ungenial | unimpassioned | unimpressionable | unloving | unpassionate | unresponding | unresponsive | unsexed | unsexual | unsusceptible | unsympathetic | untouchable | winterbound | winterlike | wintery | wintry | withdrawn See Also | Frigid In Webster's Dictionary \Frig"id\, a. [L. frigidus, fr. frigere to be cold; prob.
akin to Gr. ? to shudder, or perh. to ? cold. Cf. {Frill}.]
1. Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a
frigid climate.
2. Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.;
unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated;
stiff and formal; as, a frigid constitution; a frigid
style; a frigid look or manner; frigid obedience or
service.
3. Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the
generative power; impotent. --Johnson.
{Frigid zone}, that part of the earth which lies between
either polar circle and its pole. It extends 23? 28? from
the pole. See the Note under {Arctic}.
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