frigid

adjective

frig·id ˈfri-jəd How to pronounce frigid (audio)

: intensely cold

frigid water

: lacking warmth or ardor : indifferent

had an emotionally frigid father

: lacking imaginative qualities : insipid

writing precise and frigid poetry

: abnormally averse to sexual intercourse

—used especially of women

of a female : unable to achieve orgasm during sexual intercourse

frigidly adverb

frigidness noun

Example Sentences

The frigid gusts of wind stung their faces. She was born into an emotionally frigid family.

Recent Examples on the Web While diving in Greenland’s frigid waters in 2019, researchers from the American Museum of Natural History came across a snailfish with the remarkable ability to glow green and red.

Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2022 But building a subsea cable in frigid Arctic waters is no small feat, according to Matt Peterson, chief technology officer of Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC, which operates a 1,180-mile subsea cable around the coast of Alaska.

Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ, 15 June 2022 Many crew members leaped overboard in 10-foot waves and frigid waters about 1 a.m. Wednesday before being rescued by a research boat, a Navy frigate and a Coast Guard helicopter.

San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022 New London first responders rescued a man in frigid waters near the rocks of Ocean Beach Park on Saturday morning, fire officials said.

Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2022 There are about 300 species of octopus, and they’re found in every ocean in the world, even in the frigid waters around Antarctica.

Erin Spencer, The Conversation, 9 May 2022 Japan's guard says 10 of the 26 people aboard a tour boat that sank in the frigid waters of a northern national park have been confirmed dead.

Fox News, 24 Apr. 2022 Parallels in History On a frigid Sunday morning in December 1981, millions of Poles woke up to find their country under a state of martial law.

New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022 The first 911 caller that frigid December morning thought the blaze was a large, industrial building fire.

Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2022 See More

单词	frigidly
释义	frigid adjective frig·id ˈfri-jəd 1 a : intensely cold frigid water b : lacking warmth or ardor : indifferent had an emotionally frigid father 2 : lacking imaginative qualities : insipid writing precise and frigid poetry 3 a : abnormally averse to sexual intercourse —used especially of women b of a female : unable to achieve orgasm during sexual intercourse frigidly adverb frigidness noun Synonyms algid arctic bitter bone-chilling chill chilly cold coldish cool coolish freezing frosty gelid glacial ice-cold icy nipping nippy numbing polar shivery snappy wintry wintery See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The frigid gusts of wind stung their faces. She was born into an emotionally frigid family. Recent Examples on the Web While diving in Greenland’s frigid waters in 2019, researchers from the American Museum of Natural History came across a snailfish with the remarkable ability to glow green and red. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2022 But building a subsea cable in frigid Arctic waters is no small feat, according to Matt Peterson, chief technology officer of Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC, which operates a 1,180-mile subsea cable around the coast of Alaska. Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ, 15 June 2022 Many crew members leaped overboard in 10-foot waves and frigid waters about 1 a.m. Wednesday before being rescued by a research boat, a Navy frigate and a Coast Guard helicopter. San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022 New London first responders rescued a man in frigid waters near the rocks of Ocean Beach Park on Saturday morning, fire officials said. Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2022 There are about 300 species of octopus, and they’re found in every ocean in the world, even in the frigid waters around Antarctica. Erin Spencer, The Conversation, 9 May 2022 Japan's guard says 10 of the 26 people aboard a tour boat that sank in the frigid waters of a northern national park have been confirmed dead. Fox News, 24 Apr. 2022 Parallels in History On a frigid Sunday morning in December 1981, millions of Poles woke up to find their country under a state of martial law. New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022 The first 911 caller that frigid December morning thought the blaze was a large, industrial building fire. Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Latin frigidus, from frigēre to be cold; akin to Latin frigus frost, cold, Greek rhigos First Known Use 1619, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing frigid frigid zone frigid zone Kids Definition frigid adjective frig·id ˈfri-jəd 1 : freezing cold … he breathed again, feeling the sharp intake of frigid air. Lois Lowry, The Giver 2 : not friendly a frigid stare Medical Definition frigid adjective frig·id ˈfrij-əd 1 : lacking sexual desire : abnormally averse to sexual intercourse —used especially of women 2 of a female : unable to achieve orgasm during sexual intercourse frigidly adverb as in coldly Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance coldly coolly cooly hostilely angrily contemptuously obnoxiously disdainfully rudely provocatively belligerently scornfully ungenerously grudgingly begrudgingly stingily parsimoniously Antonyms & Near Antonyms well munificently bounteously generously handsomely sweetly lavishly bountifully liberally kindly courteously thoughtfully unstintingly amply reasonably considerately hospitably nicely cheerfully genially amiably congenially affably cordially cheerily graciously freehandedly openhandedly freeheartedly friendlily good-naturedly good-heartedly See More
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frigid

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