gelidity

noun

as in coldness

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  1. coldness
  2. frigidity
  3. iciness
  4. frostiness
Noun
  • Orris adds earthy depth, while a petrichor accord gives the scent an eerie coldness.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 15 July 2026
  • In this attitude was a strange commingling of repugnance and desire, alienation and belonging, intimacy and coldness.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Definition of coldness
Noun
  • Scientists speculated that a slow metabolism and the frigidity of the water may have combined to keep the octopus mother alive.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 May 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
Definition of frigidity
Noun
  • His smug iciness here would serve him well playing both Patrick Bateman and Bruce Wayne.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of iciness
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
Definition of frostiness
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