Frigid
['frɪdʒɪd]
Definition
(adj.) devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; 'a frigid greeting'; 'got a frosty reception'; 'a frozen look on their faces'; 'a glacial handshake'; 'icy stare'; 'wintry smile' .
Checker: Lyman--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.
(a.) Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal; as, a frigid constitution; a frigid style; a frigid look or manner; frigid obedience or service.
(a.) Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Cold, cool, GELID, not hot, of a low temperature.[2]. Dull, unanimated, lifeless.[3]. Forbidding, formal, prim, stiff, repulsive, chilling.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cold, inanimate, lifeless, passionless, distant, forbidding
ANT:Warm, ardent, impassioned
Editor: Xenia
Examples
- Nor has he anything more to say or do but to nod once in the same frigid and discourteous manner and to say briefly, You can go. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mrs. Fairfax folded up her knitting: I took my portfolio: we curtseyed to him, received a frigid bow in return, and so withdrew. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mac put out one finger, armed with a buckskin glove, and made a very frigid bow to Mr. Wenham over his tight cravat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The cold and frosty night without was doubly frigid to her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He was decidedly frigid in his manner to us, especially when he heard the errand upon which we had come. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The children came up to salute him, and he kissed them in his usual frigid manner. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I saw her in a black gown and widow's cap; frigid, perhaps, but not uncivil: a model of elderly English respectability. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- To stare Becky out of countenance required a severer glance than even the frigid old Bareacres could shoot out of her dismal eyes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Xenia