Frigidness

frig·id  (frjd)

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.

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[Latin frgidus, cold, from frgus, the cold.]

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fri·gidi·ty (fr-jd-t), frigid·ness n.

frigid·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	frigidness - sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse frigidity 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.	frigidness - the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor" low temperature, frigidity, 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, nip - 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.	frigidness - a lack of affection or enthusiasm; "a distressing coldness of tone and manner" chilliness, coldness, iciness, frigidity, 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