frigid

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈfrɪdʒɪd/ UK /ˈfrɪdʒɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
extremely cold; lacking warmth of feeling

They trudged through the frigid winter air to reach the cabin.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · extremely cold; lacking... freezing icy frosty glacial cold chilly arctic unfeeling

Opposites

warm hot torrid ardent passionate

Word family

Forms frigidityfrigidly

Derived forms frigidlyfrigidityfrigidness

Related forms refrigeratefrigorific

Simplified etymology

Frigid entered English in the late Middle Ages from Latin frigidus, “cold,” which derives from the noun frigus, “cold.” Refrigerate and refrigerator belong to the same Latin word family.

Etymology

From Latin frigidus ('cold, chilly'), from frigus ('cold, frost'), from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'cold'.

frÄ«gidus Latin frÄ«gus Latin

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# frigid

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈfrɪdʒɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfrɪdʒɪd/

## Meanings
1. extremely cold; lacking warmth of feeling

## Examples
- They trudged through the frigid winter air to reach the cabin.

## Synonyms
- freezing
- icy
- frosty
- glacial
- cold
- chilly
- arctic
- unfeeling

## Antonyms
- warm
- hot
- torrid
- ardent
- passionate

## Derived Forms
- frigidly
- frigidity
- frigidness

## Related Forms
- refrigerate
- frigorific

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: frÄ«gidus
- Root: frÄ«gus

## Etymology
From Latin frigidus ('cold, chilly'), from frigus ('cold, frost'), from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'cold'.

## AI Etymology
Frigid comes from Latin frigidus ('cold, chilly'), from frigus ('cold, frost'), from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'cold'. The etymological trail includes Latin frÄ«gidus and Latin frÄ«gus. As an adjective, frigid describes what is extremely cold; lacking warmth of feeling. The same family is visible in derived forms such as frigidly, frigidity, and frigidness and related forms such as refrigerate and frigorific.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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