Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: frigid
IPA transcription: [fɹ'ɪdʒəd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cold, frigid
    Meaning: sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
  • Synonyms: arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar
    Meaning: extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
Usage examples
  • As he sat down and reached for them he was conscious of an arctic coldness in the air, a frigid blast.
  • "All the time I thought you were being a frigid and hard-hearted lump of ice, you were really being very sweet.
  • The muffling cloth had fallen from the Disan's face during the struggle, and empty, frigid eyes stared into Brion's.
  • Even Bobby McGinnis, when she saw him at all--which was seldom--treated her with a frigid deference that was inexpressibly annoying to her.
  • Then came a pause: he was no more descending; for a time of indeterminate duration, an age of anguish, he seemed to float without motion, suspended in frigid purgatory.
  • They were in appearance small, round, smooth stones, but had the admirable properties of securing fertility to the fields, protecting from lightning, and, by a transition easy to understand, were also adored as gods of the Fire, as well material as of the passions, and were capable of kindling the dangerous flames of desire in the most frigid bosom.