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Dictionary: frig·id   (frĭj'ĭd) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Extremely cold. See synonyms at cold.
  2. Lacking warmth of feeling.
  3. Stiff and formal in manner: a frigid refusal to a request.
  4. Persistently averse to sexual intercourse.

[Latin frīgidus, cold, from frīgus, the cold.]

frigidity fri·gid'i·ty (frĭ-jĭd'ĭ-tē) or frig'id·ness n.
frigidly frig'id·ly adv.

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adjective

  1. Very cold: arctic, boreal, freezing, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy, polar, wintry. Archaic frore. Idioms: bitterbitterlycold. See hot/cold/lukewarm.
  2. Lacking all friendliness and warmth: cold, frosty, glacial, icy. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, hot/cold/lukewarm.
  3. Deficient in or lacking sexual desire: ardorless, cold, inhibited, passionless, unresponsive. See sex/asexual.

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adj

Definition: extremely cold
Antonyms: burning, hot, warm

adj

Definition: unresponsive
Antonyms: amicable, amorous, friendly, lovable, loving, responsive, warm


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Freezing cold.

pronunciation When the storm blew in from Alaska, the wind was absolutely frigid.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - frigid, iskold, formel

Nederlands (Dutch)
frigide, zeer koud, onverschillig, zonder fantasie, saai, deprimerend, zonder hartstocht

Français (French)
adj. - (Méd) frigide, (Géog) glacial

Deutsch (German)
adj. - frigide, eisig kalt, frostig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παγερός, ψυχρός, κρύος

Italiano (Italian)
frigido

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - frígida

Русский (Russian)
холодный, бесстрастный, арктический (пояс)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - frígido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - (is)kall, kylig, frigid (fysiol.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
寒冷的, 冷淡的, 严寒的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 寒冷的, 冷淡的, 嚴寒的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 혹한의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 寒さの厳しい, 極寒の, 冷淡な, 不感症の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قارس, , فاتر العاطفه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קר, צונן, אדיש, קרה (מינית)‬


 
 
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