frigid
adjective
[ ˈfrɪdʒɪd ]
• very cold in temperature.
• "the air was frigid, and spectators shivered against the cold"
Similar:
very cold,
bitterly cold,
bitter,
freezing,
frozen,
frosty,
icy,
icy-cold,
ice-cold,
chilly,
wintry,
bleak,
sub-zero,
arctic,
Siberian,
polar,
glacial,
nippy,
parky,
Baltic,
chill,
Hyperborean,
hibernal,
boreal,
hiemal,
gelid,
algid,
brumal,
rimy,
• unable to be sexually aroused (typically used of a woman).
• "my ex told everyone I was frigid"
Similar:
sexually unresponsive,
unresponsive,
undemonstrative,
unaffectionate,
cold,
cold-blooded,
cold-hearted,
passionless,
unfeeling,
unemotional,
unloving,
uncaring,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin frigidus, from frigere ‘be cold’, from frigus (noun) ‘cold’.
