Definitions for frigid

frigid frig·id

Spelling: [frij-id]
IPA: /ˈfrɪdʒ ɪd/

Frigid is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in frigid (dfgiir).

Definitions for frigid

adjective

  1. very cold in temperature:
  2. without warmth of feeling; without ardor or enthusiasm:
  3. stiff or formal:
  4. inhibited in the ability to experience sexual excitement during sexual activity. unresponsive to sexual advances or stimuli.
  5. unemotional or unimaginative; lacking passion, sympathy, or sensitivity:

Origin of frigid

1590-1600; Latin frīgidus, equivalent to frīg(us) coldness (akin to Greek rhîgos; see rigid) + -idus -id4

Examples for frigid

The house was in darkness, and the moon brought it out in silvery, frigid relief.

Down there at Vernon, in my frigid room, I bit my pillow to stifle my cries.

Famine and frigid temperatures ensued, and roughly 10 percent of the population died.

No sign of recognition; rather a cold, frigid stare, I thought.

The General, with a frigid nod, moved on a few paces and left them together.

He was frigid, through no fault of his own, and without cruelty.

Russia is rapidly building up its military forces in the Arctic in an effort to secure its claims in the frigid region.

After a half-century of frigid relations, the U.S. and Cuba have agreed to a thaw as the result of 18 months of secret talks.

She never liked her mother—a frigid and inattentive woman—but adored her father.

In the frigid temperatures, demonstrators constructed barricades, built a massive tent city and occupied government buildings.

Word Value for frigid
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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