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[ frij-id ] / ˈfrɪdʒ ɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR frigid ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivevery cold in temperature: a frigid climate. without warmth of feeling; without ardor or enthusiasm: a frigid reaction to the suggested law. stiff or formal: a welcome that was polite but frigid. (of a woman) - inhibited in the ability to experience sexual excitement during sexual activity.
- unresponsive to sexual advances or stimuli.
unemotional or unimaginative; lacking passion, sympathy, or sensitivity: a correct, but frigid presentation. Origin of frigid1590–1600; <Latin frīgidus, equivalent to frīg(us) coldness (akin to Greek rhîgos;see rigid) + -idus-id4 SYNONYMS FOR frigid3 aloof, standoffish, distant, frosty, chilly, cool. SEE SYNONYMS FOR frigid ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM frigidfrig·id·ness, nounfrig·id·ly, adverbnon·frig·id, adjectivenon·frig·id·ly, adverb non·frig·id·ness, nounun·frig·id, adjectiveun·frig·id·ly, adverbun·frig·id·ness, noun Words nearby frigidfrightened, frightener, frightful, frightfully, fright wig, frigid, Frigidaire, frigidarium, frigidity, frigidoreceptor, Frigid Zone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for frigidAfter a half-century of frigid relations, the U.S. and Cuba have agreed to a thaw as the result of 18 months of secret talks. Up To Speed: The Cuba Embargo|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Russia is rapidly building up its military forces in the Arctic in an effort to secure its claims in the frigid region. Russia Preps Its North Pole Invasion|Dave Majumdar|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Famine and frigid temperatures ensued, and roughly 10 percent of the population died. When the Weather Went All Medieval: Climate Change, Famine, and Mass Death|Wendy Smith|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST She never liked her mother—a frigid and inattentive woman—but adored her father. A Sex Addiction Expert Diagnoses Lars Von Trier’s ‘Nymphomaniac’|Lizzie Crocker|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the frigid temperatures, demonstrators constructed barricades, built a massive tent city and occupied government buildings. Up to Speed: What’s Going on in Ukraine?|Nina Strochlic|February 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was to save these devoted servants, that the spring of 1851 saw full 500 British and American seamen within the frigid zone. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal;|Sherard Osborn Grave and frigid, but inwardly warmhearted and passionate, O'Brien had little aptitude for rebellion. The Glories of Ireland|Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox I remember Mrs. Deacon Ranney and her frigid companions very distinctly. Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions|Slason Thompson Blasts of frigid wind swept the streets, and buffeted each other in a fury of resentment when they met around the corners. Literature and Life|William Dean Howells She has been successful in hiding from her husband her abnormality, he simply considering her frigid. Woman|William J. Robinson
British Dictionary definitions for frigid
adjectiveformal or stiff in behaviour or temperament; lacking in affection or warmth (esp of a woman) - lacking sexual responsiveness
- averse to sexual intercourse or unable to achieve orgasm during intercourse
characterized by physical coldnessa frigid zone Derived forms of frigidfrigidity or frigidness, nounfrigidly, adverbWord Origin for frigidC15: from Latin frigidus cold, from frīgēre to be cold, freeze; related to Latin frīgus frost Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to frigidice-cold, frozen, freezing, chilly, icy, frosty, glacial, wintry, forbidding, cold, arctic, chill, cool, gelid, snappy, antarctic, icebox, refrigerated, aloof, austere Medical definitions for frigid
adj.Extremely cold. Persistently averse to sexual intercourse. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |