gelidity

  • 41gelid — /ˈdʒɛləd/ (say jeluhd) adjective very cold; icy. {Latin gelidus icy cold} –gelidity /dʒəˈlɪdəti/ (say juh liduhtee), gelidness, noun –gelidly, adverb …

  • 42chill — [adj1] cold, raw arctic, biting, bleak, brisk, chilly, cool, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy, nippy, sharp, wintry; concept 605 Ant. hot, warm chill [adj2] unfriendly, aloof cool, depressing, discouraging, dismal, dispiriting,… …

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  • 43cold — [adj1] chilly, freezing algid, arctic, below freezing, below zero, benumbed, biting, bitter, blasting, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, chill, chilled, cool, crisp, cutting, frigid, frore, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, have goose bumps*, hawkish,… …

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  • 44gelid — [jel′id] adj. [L gelidus < gelu, frost: see GELATIN] extremely cold; frozen gelidity [jē lid′ə tē] n …

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  • 45coldness — noun 1. a lack of affection or enthusiasm (Freq. 1) a distressing coldness of tone and manner • Syn: ↑coolness, ↑frigidity, ↑frigidness, ↑iciness, ↑chilliness • Derivationally related forms …

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  • 46frigidity — noun 1. sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse • Syn: ↑frigidness • Derivationally related forms: ↑frigid (for: ↑frigidness), ↑frigid • Hypernyms …

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  • 47frigidness — noun 1. sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse • Syn: ↑frigidity • Derivationally related forms: ↑frigid, ↑frigid (for: ↑frigidity) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 48low temperature — noun the absence of heat (Freq. 4) the coldness made our breath visible come in out of the cold cold is a vasoconstrictor • Syn: ↑coldness, ↑cold, ↑frigidity, ↑frigidness …

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