frigid

UK: /ˈfrɪdʒɪd/ US: /ˈfrɪdʒɪd/ ,(frij′id)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

frig•id /ˈfrɪdʒɪd/   adj. 

1. Meteorology very cold in temperature:
   a frigid climate.
2. • lacking warmth of feeling:
     a frigid reaction to the proposal.
3. Psychiatry (of a woman)
   • sexually unresponsive.

fri•gid•i•ty /frɪˈdʒɪdɪti/  n. [uncountable]
frig•id•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

frig•id  (frij′id), adj. 

1. Meteorology very cold in temperature:
   a frigid climate.
2. without warmth of feeling;
   without ardor or enthusiasm:
   a frigid reaction to the suggested law.
3. stiff or formal:
   a welcome that was polite but frigid.
4. (of a woman)
   • 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:
   a correct, but frigid presentation.

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

frig′id•ness, n. 
frig′id•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 3. aloof, standoffish, distant, frosty, chilly, cool.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

frigid / ˈfrɪdʒɪd/ adjective

1. formal or stiff in behaviour or temperament; lacking in affection or warmth
2. (esp of a woman) lacking sexual responsiveness
3. characterized by physical coldness: a frigid zone

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin frigidus cold, from frīgēre to be cold, freeze; related to Latin frīgus frost

friˈgidity, ˈfrigidness noun

ˈfrigidly adverb