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The synonyms of “Frigid” are: frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry, cold, arctic, gelid, polar, very cold, bitter, freezing, ice-cold, chilly, bleak, siberian, stiff, formal, stony, steely, flinty, wooden, impersonal, indifferent, unresponsive, unemotional, unfeeling, unsmiling, unenthusiastic, austere, distant, aloof, remote, reserved, unapproachable, undemonstrative, unaffectionate, cold-blooded, passionless, unloving, uncaring
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “frigid” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
aloof | Conspicuously uninvolved. He stayed aloof from the bickering. |
arctic | Extremely cold. An arctic climate. |
austere | Having a plain and unadorned appearance. He was an austere man with a rigidly puritanical outlook. |
bitter | Marked by strong resentment or cynicism. A bitter five year legal battle. |
bleak | (of a person’s expression) cold and forbidding. Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult. |
chilly | (of a person) feeling cold. A chilly greeting. |
cold | Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e g ice or refrigeration. The boxer was out cold. |
cold-blooded | Having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated. |
distant | (after a measurement) at a specified distance. I remember that distant afternoon. |
flinty | Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings. Flinty soil. |
formal | Being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements as e g of formal dress. A formal complaint. |
freezing | (used hyperbolically) very cold. He was freezing and miserable. |
frosty | Covered with frost. A frosty glass. |
frozen | Absolutely still. Frozen wastes. |
gelid | Extremely cold. Gelid waters of the North Atlantic. |
glacial | Extremely cold. An official described progress in the talks as glacial. |
ice-cold | As cold as ice. |
icy | Extremely cold. Icy northern waters. |
impersonal | Not relating to or responsive to individual persons. Impersonal criticism. |
indifferent | Fairly poor to not very good. A pair of indifferent watercolours. |
passionless | Unmoved by feeling. This passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine. |
polar | Of an animal or plant living in the north or south polar region. The polar regions. |
remote | (of an electronic device) operating or operated at a distance by means of radio or infrared signals. Considerations entirely removed or remote from politics. |
reserved | Marked by self-restraint and reticence-Victoria Sackville-West. He is a reserved almost taciturn man. |
siberian | Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f’, `s’, `z’, or `th’ in both `thin’ and `then. |
steely | Resembling steel in hardness. Steely nerves like those of a steeplejack. |
stiff | Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable. A stiff breeze stirring the lake. |
stony | Covered with or full of small pieces of rock. Stony ground. |
unaffectionate | Feeling, showing, or having no fondness or tenderness. Her husband s isolated unaffectionate personality. |
unapproachable | Not welcoming or friendly. Some regions were unapproachable to the Romans. |
uncaring | Lacking affection or warm feeling. An uncaring father. |
undemonstrative | Not given to open expression of emotion. The English are an undemonstrative lot. |
unemotional | Cool and formal in manner. A flat unemotional voice. |
unenthusiastic | Not having or showing enthusiasm. Unenthusiastic applause. |
unfeeling | Unsympathetic, harsh, or callous. My mother is a cold unfeeling woman. |
unloving | Not loving. An unloving father. |
unresponsive | Aloof or indifferent. Was unresponsive to her passionate advances. |
unsmiling | (of a person or their manner or expression) serious or unfriendly; not smiling. A large unsmiling woman. |
very cold | Being the exact same one; not any other. |
wintry | Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. Suffered severe wintry weather. |
wooden | Made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood. A kind of dull wooden sound. |
antarctic | The region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters. |
arctic | Of or relating to the Arctic. An arctic climate. |
callosity | An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot. |
cold | A low temperature cold weather a cold environment. The cold helped clear his head. |
coldness | A lack of affection or enthusiasm. The bitter coldness of the British weather. |
coolness | Freedom from excitement, anxiety, or excessive emotion. The coolness of this phone was worth the extra money. |
floe | A sheet of floating ice. |
freezing | The freezing point of water 0 C. He was freezing and miserable. |
frostbitten | Affected by frostbite from exposure to extreme cold. Both men were badly frostbitten losing all their toes. |
frosty | Cold and unfriendly in manner. Crisp clear nights and frosty mornings. |
frozen | Incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. The frozen North. |
gelid | Icy; extremely cold. She gave a gelid reply. |
glacial | A glacial period. Thick glacial deposits. |
ice | Put ice on or put on ice. The ice in his voice was only to hide the pain. |
iceberg | A large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier. Iceberg is still the most popular lettuce. |
icecap | A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak. |
icicle | Ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water. |
icy | Very unfriendly; hostile. Icy hands. |
midwinter | The middle of winter. In midwinter the track became a muddy morass. |
polar | Having electrical or magnetic polarity. The polar regions. |
refrigeration | The process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes. Refrigeration by immersing the patient s body in a cold bath. |
rime | Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds. The rime was thick and crisp on the grass. |
sherbet | A flavoured sweet effervescent powder eaten alone or made into a drink. I went down the local pub for a few sherbets. |
sleet | Sleet falls. It was sleeting so hard we could barely see. |
snow | Falls of snow. We were trudging through deep snow. |
snowfall | A fall of snow. Heavy snowfalls made travel absolutely impossible. |
snowy | Of or like snow, especially in being pure white. A long snowy winter. |
standoffish | Lacking cordiality; unfriendly. A standoffish manner. |
winter | Especially of a bird spend the winter in a particular place. The winter months. |
wintry | Characteristic of or occurring in winter. Brown wintry grasses. |
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