frig·id

(frĭj′ĭd)

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. Showing little or no enthusiasm: Scientists gave the new theory a frigid reception.

5. Often Offensive Lacking sexual desire or unwilling to engage in sexual activity. Used especially of women.

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

fri·gid′i·ty (frĭ-jĭd′ĭ-tē), frig′id·ness n.

frig′id·ly adv.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	frigidity - sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse frigidness deadness, unresponsiveness - the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events; "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away"
	2.	frigidity - the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor" low temperature, frigidness, cold, coldness pressor, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor - any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure temperature - the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) chill, gelidity, iciness - coldness due to a cold environment chilliness, coolness - the property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of early morning" frostiness - coldness as evidenced by frost cool - the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature; "the cool of early morning"
	3.	frigidity - a lack of affection or enthusiasm; "a distressing coldness of tone and manner" chilliness, coldness, iciness, frigidness, coolness emotionlessness, unemotionality - absence of emotion stone - a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone" lukewarmness, tepidness - lack of passion, force or animation

frigidity

noun

Extreme lack of warmth:

frigidness, frostiness, gelidity, gelidness, iciness, wintriness.

Translations

بُرود

chlad

frigiditet

Kälte

frigidité

frigiditás

kuldi, kaldlyndi

freddezza frigidit...frigidità

stivhet

frigidita

duygusuzluk

冷淡寒冷

frigidity

[frɪˈdʒɪdɪtɪ] N

1. (sexual) → frigidez f

2. (= unfriendliness) → frialdad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

frigidity

[frɪˈdʒɪdɪti] n → frigidité f

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frigidity

(sexual) → Frigidität f

(form: = iciness) → eisige Kälte; (fig, of atmosphere, manner, smile) → Frostigkeit f

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frigidity

[frɪˈdʒɪdɪtɪ] n (of manners, look) → freddezza; (sexual) → frigidità

frigid

(ˈfridʒid) adjective

1. cold and unemotional. He behaves in a frigid manner.

2. frozen. the frigid zones of the world (= the Arctic and Antarctic).

ˈfrigidly adverb

friˈgidity noun

fri·gid·i·ty

n. frígidez, frialdad, esp. de la mujer incapaz de responder a estímulos sexuales.

frigidity

n (ant) deseo sexual disminuido (en una mujer), frigidez f (ant)