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Meanings of frigid in English

Extremely cold.

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Sexually unresponsive.

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Usage of frigid in English
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Jagr released a blast of frigid power, knocking the charging animals backwards.
Darkness unleashed
2
The frigid cap of the north was nothing in comparison with it.
The Second Deluge
3
Beauty is a state of war, a frigid blank zone under siege.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
4
The frigid February air felt good as it rushed into the room.
Silent screams
5
Even then you would be swimming in the notoriously frigid Baltic Sea.
The Guardian
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So I said to her, Why are you so frigid these days?
Under orders
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The countess received him ceremoniously, and maintained the conversation in frigid tones.
Jack Archer: A Tale of the Crimea
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The captain comes aft and says to me in a frigid tone:
The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Among the Various Race...
9
Just a vague sense of flat land receding into the frigid distance.
61 hours
10
The day after the FCC's net neutrality vote, Washington was downright frigid.
Wired
11
One frigid winter he worked on a clam boat on Long Island.
Outliers: the story of success
12
According to a the website surf-forecast.com, it's currently a frigid 6 degrees.
News.com.au
13
The few workers still on duty turned their backs in frigid silence.
Planet of the Damned
14
They just kept rushing, burning and frigid, right next to each other.
The whole world: a novel
15
The water was frigid against her palms even through the rubber hose.
A fierce radiance: a novel
16
That austere man assumed his place on the rug in frigid waiting.
The President: A Novel
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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