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Frigid

Frigid Definition And Meaning
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}.

Frigid Definition And Meaning

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"

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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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