gelidity

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Noun
  • The coldness of the water constricts arteries, requiring the heart to work harder than normal to function.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The song has said everything that Ines can’t bring herself to, and her coldness chips away in the days and weeks that follow.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Rugged individualism, frigidity of rugged individual.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Before there were ice rollers, cryo masks, and other face-cooling tools that purport to firm and smooth skin with the power of frigidity, there was the simple act of dunking one's face in a bowl of icy water.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • His smug iciness here would serve him well playing both Patrick Bateman and Bruce Wayne.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • One of the points of the posturing — in aerial ballets that take place away from public gaze hundreds of times a year — is to try to ensure that the frostiness between NATO and the Kremlin over Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine doesn't tilt into open hostility.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Gelidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gelidity. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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