frigid

adjective frig·id \ ˈfri-jəd \

|Updated on: 6 Aug 2018

Examples: frigid in a Sentence

Definition of frigid

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

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frigidly

adverb

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frigidness

noun

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Examples of frigid in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of frigid from the Web

The imager’s cooling system — which uses propolyne — is not maintaining that frigid temperature during the warmer part of each orbit, and so the channels aren’t working well about half the time.

— Washington Post, "New US weather satellite can’t keep cool, could hurt photos," 23 May 2018
The frigid temperatures that lingered through March and April delayed the pollination.

— vic ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, "Seasonal allergy sufferers should stay inside this weekend because ‘thunder fever’," 17 May 2018
After a frigid start to the season that saw him hit .059 (2-for-34), Susnara has been on a red-hot streak.

— paul johnson, Naperville Sun, "Not-so-tiny Tim: Standout defensive catcher Tim Susnara heats up at the plate for Kane County Cougars," 3 July 2018
This collision could have radically changed the planet, resulting in its telltale tilt and making it relatively frigid compared to farther-out Neptune.

— john wenz, Popular Mechanics, "We Might Finally Know What Smacked Uranus Sideways," 2 July 2018
In praise of wild and frigid places For this photo, Burkard convinced his friend, big-wave surfer Keith Malloy, to hop on a last-minute flight with him and go hunt swells on the south coast of Iceland.

— serena renner, Outside Online, "The Wild Life of Instagram Star Chris Burkard," 2 July 2018
This looks to be an especially frigid market for centers, but Dallas is the rare team with both the need and the cap space to make a move worth Jordan's while.

— rob mahoney, SI.com, "After Declining His Player Option, Did DeAndre Jordan Just Pave His Way to Dallas?," 29 June 2018
Micheli said computer models suggest objects typically are ejected during the formation of planetary systems, and that most of these castaways should be comets given their location on the frigid outskirts of their systems.

— Washington Post, "Comet or asteroid? Scientists ID interstellar visitor," 27 June 2018
Granik shot Leave No Trace in 30 days in Oregon, a luxurious amount of time for the scrappy filmmaker and one aided by a skilled local crew that made working in the beautiful—yet frigid—location more amenable.

— nicole sperling, HWD, "The Filmmaker Who Discovered Jennifer Lawrence Has Found a New Star in Leave No Trace," 26 June 2018

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