frigid

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. cold, icy, freezing; passionless, cold-blooded, formal.

See insensibility.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Thermally cold]

Syn. freezing, frosty, icy; see cold 1 .

2. [Unresponsive]

Syn. undersexed, inhibited, chilly, distant; see aloof , indifferent 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. freezing icy, cold, arctic, frosty, wintry, hyperborean, *anesthetizing, biting, bitter, brisk, Siberian, polar, glacial, gelid.

2. stiff formal, cold, icy, cool, distant, remote, aloof, austere, unsociable.

3. unresponsive lifeless, unfeeling, passionless, inhibited, passive, cold, chilly, frosty.

ANT.: 1. hot, sweltering, warm. 2. warm, friendly, sociable. 3. passionate, *hot-blooded, orgasmic

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Very cold: arctic, boreal, freezing, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy, polar, wintry. Archaic: frore. Idiom: bitter (or bitterly) cold. See HOT. 2. Lacking all friendliness and warmth: cold, frosty, glacial, icy. See ATTITUDE, HOT. 3. Deficient in or lacking sexual desire: ardor-less, cold, inhibited, passionless, unresponsive. See SEX.