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Once solved, the severe handicaps imposed on space exploration by the weight and chemical limitations of rockets would no longer apply. The whole timetable of our conquest of the planets in our solar system would be tremendously speeded up, from hot Mercury all the way out to frigid Pluto.
Donald A. Wollheim

Meaning of "frigid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FRIGID

From Latin frigidus cold, from frīgēre to be cold, freeze; related to Latin frīgus frost.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FRIGID

frigid  [ˈfrɪdʒɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRIGID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Frigid is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FRIGID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of frigid in the English dictionary

The first definition of frigid in the dictionary is formal or stiff in behaviour or temperament; lacking in affection or warmth. Other definition of frigid is lacking sexual responsiveness. Frigid is also averse to sexual intercourse or unable to achieve orgasm during intercourse.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRIGID


aged
ˈeɪdʒɪd
algid
ˈældʒɪd
Brigid
ˈbrɪdʒɪd
carangid
kəˈrændʒɪd
energid
ˈɛnədʒɪd
fulgid
ˈfʌldʒɪd
masjid
ˈmʌsdʒɪd
musjid
ˈmʌsdʒɪd
nonrigid
nɒnˈrɪdʒɪd
overrigid
ˌəʊvəˈrɪdʒɪd
phalangid
fəˈlændʒɪd
rigid
ˈrɪdʒɪd
semirigid
ˌsɛmɪˈrɪdʒɪd
solpugid
sɒlˈpjuːdʒɪd
sphingid
ˈsfɪndʒɪd
synergid
ˈsɪnədʒɪd
turgid
ˈtɜːdʒɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRIGID

fright
fright wig
frighten
frightened
frightener
frighteners
frightening
frighteningly
frightful
frightfully
frightfulness
frightsome
Frigid Zone
frigidarium
frigidity
frigidly
frigidness
frigmarole
frigorific
frigorifico

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRIGID

acid
aid
android
avoid
bid
David
did
gid
grid
id
kid
liquid
Madrid
mid
paid
pongid
rapid
said
Saint Brigid
solid

Synonyms and antonyms of frigid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FRIGID»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «frigid» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of frigid

Translation of «frigid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRIGID

Find out the translation of frigid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of frigid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «frigid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

寒冷
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

frígida
570 millions of speakers

English

frigid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उदासीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتجمدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фригидной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

frígida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হিমশীতল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

frigide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sejuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

frigide
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

極寒の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

추운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaku
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liệt dương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரைப்பான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

buz gibi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frigido
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lodowato
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фригідною
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rece
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψυχρή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ysige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kylig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

frigid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of frigid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRIGID»

The term «frigid» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.280 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRIGID» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «frigid» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «frigid» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about frigid

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4 QUOTES WITH «FRIGID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word frigid.
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Fanny Brice
Men always fall for frigid women because they put on the best show.
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas
All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind.
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Florence King
Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the first one in the morning, it's the best one of all. It tasted so good that even if I had been frigid I would have pretended otherwise just to be able to smoke it.
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Donald A. Wollheim
Once solved, the severe handicaps imposed on space exploration by the weight and chemical limitations of rockets would no longer apply. The whole timetable of our conquest of the planets in our solar system would be tremendously speeded up, from hot Mercury all the way out to frigid Pluto.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRIGID»

Discover the use of frigid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to frigid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Frigid
Twenty-one-year-old Sydney is not sure what to do with all of her strong feelings for childhood friend Kyler, especially since he can't stay with a woman for more than a few days and he wants to sew his oats in his senior year of college.
J. Lynn, 2013
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Frigid Tales
Frigid is the opposite of arousing, so it characterizes the narrative technique. Dealing with sex but not exciting or pornographic, you understand. 4. Frigidity is lack of desire for sex. Many of the characters are surrounded by sexual pressure and ...
Pedro de Jesus, 2002
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Frigid Impact
Charlie McCarthy, Connie McCarty. "However many keys he has goT or how he keeps Track of Them, one of The Two is going To be useful," I said encouragingly To Teresa. In my mind I said The chances of us really finding a key ThaT fiTs ...
Charlie McCarthy, Connie McCarty, 2004
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Soil Survey of ...
The surface horizon of these soils and others is thin, is low in organic matter content, and reflects the present-day climate. The present climate is characterized by mesic, frigid, and cryic soil temperature regimes and aquic, aridic, xeric, and udic ...
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Soil survey of Houghton County Area, Michigan
Soil паше Family or higher taxonomic class Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Alfic Haplorthods Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Alfic Haplorthods Sandy over clayey, mixed, frigid Alfic Haplaquods Sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplumbrepts ...
Charles Schwenner, United States. Soil Conservation Service, Michigan. Dept. of Agriculture, 1991
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Soil survey of ...
Fine-loamy, Fine-loamy, Fine, smec titlc, frigid Torrertic Haplustepts Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, frigid ... superactive, frigid Pachic Argiustolls Fine , smectitic, calcareous, frigid Vertic Fluvaquents Loamy- skeletal, carbonatic, ...
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1923
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Soil survey
Webster1. Winger Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Fine-silty, mixed, frigid Fine-silty, mixed, calcareous, mesic Fine-loamy, mixed, calcareous, mesic Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Fine-silty, mixed, ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1972
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Soil survey
5 These soils normally occur in a mesic family, but in Osceola County they occur near the boundary between the mesic and frigid temperature zones. 6 Lacks colors typical of the Aquolls immediately below the mollic epipedon but responds as ...
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1969
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Soil survey: Pope County, Minnesota
Muck over loam Muck over sand Nicollet' Nutle v 5 Oldham5 Osakis Parnell Perella a Renshaw Salida' Sioux Storden ' Svea Sverdrup Tara Tonka Vallers Wadena '6 Waukon Webster' Winger Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Fine-loamy, mixed, ...
Raymond T. Diedrick, United States. Soil Conservation Service, University of Minnesota. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1972
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Soil survey: Wells County, North Dakota
77. Series Current classification Great group, 1938 Family Subgroup Suborder Order classification Aberdeen. Fine, mixed, frigid... Glossic Udic Natriborolls _ Borolls Mollisols Degraded Solodized- Solonetz soils. Arvilla Coarse-loamy, mixed, ...
United States. Soil Conservation Service, J. B. Seago, North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo), 1970

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRIGID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term frigid is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pluto's Complex Surface Coming into Focus (Photo)
Pluto's frigid surface abounds with mysterious and complex features, the latest photo by NASA's approaching New Horizons spacecraft shows. «Space.com, Jul 15»
2
Icy cold snap grips Australia's southeast
... from central Victoria to Tenterfield on the NSW-Queensland border as a cold front dragged frigid subpolar air across the continent on Sunday. «9news.com.au, Jul 15»
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Arctic vortex: Cold front brings snow, rain, chills to Victoria
Yesterday's blast of frigid air and steady rainfall saw most people huddle indoors, close to heaters wherever possible. Melbourne was the ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
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Earth heading for 'mini ice age' in just 15 years, scientists say
Solar scientists predict that the Earth will enter a "mini ice age" around 2030 due to decreased activity by the sun, which will bring with it frigid ... «UPI.com, Jul 15»
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Go Set a Watchman's first chapter, first review: a beguiling journey …
... a pope: she won´t be kicked out of the quick and molten, frigid and un-acquiesced corpuscle of the south, she is the south, it bears repeating. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Director Baltasar Kormákur's 'Everest' to Open Venice Film Festival
Kormákur's "The Deep," which eerily captures the tragic real-life story of the lone survivor of a capsized fishing boat off the frigid Icelandic coast, ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
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Heavy rainfall, winds and low temperatures bring chill to Victoria
The blast of frigid air and steady rainfall saw most people huddle indoors, close to heaters wherever possible. The Bureau of Meteorology's ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
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Mission abandoned: Campbell Brown pulled out of English Channel
Brown had been training in Melbourne's frigid Port Phillip Bay in water around 10-11degrees. This was a huge advantage when he arrived in ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
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Endangered turtle fights for life at Wellington Zoo
An endangered tropical sea turtle has only a 50 per cent chance of survival after washing up in the frigid winter waters of Wellington's Lyall Bay. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Climate Concern is Mis-directed
... billions of tons of water from the oceans, and a frigid atmosphere over land to quickly turn that moisture into continental rain, snow and ice. «American Thinker, Jul 15»

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