Definition of frigid Frigid

/fɹɪˈʤʌd/ - [frijud] - frig•id

We found 12 definitions of frigid from 6 different sources.

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What does frigid mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

frigid, frigidder, frigiddest

frigid - 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"
  frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry
  cold lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"
frigid - sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
  cold
  unloving not giving or reciprocating affection
frigid - extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
  arctic, gelid, glacial, icy, polar
  cold lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • frigid (a.)
    Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.
  • frigid (a.)
    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.
  • frigid (a.)
    Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • frigid
    Sexually unresponsive.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • frigid
    frij′id, adj. frozen or stiffened with cold: cold: without spirit or feeling: unanimated.—n. Frigid′ity, coldness: coldness of affection: want of animation.—adv. Frig′idly.—n. Frig′idness.—adj. Frigorif′ic, causing cold.—Frigid zones, the parts of the earth's surface within the circle drawn with the poles as centre, and a radius of 23½ degrees. [L. frigidusfrigēre, to be cold—frigus, cold.]

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  • frigid, adjective.

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