frigidity
1. sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse • Syn: frigidness • Derivationally related forms: frigid (for: frigidness), frigid • Hypernyms: unresponsiveness, deadness 2. the absence of heat - the coldness made our breath visible - come in out of the cold - cold is a vasoconstrictor • Syn: coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidness • Ant: hotness (for: coldness) • Derivationally related forms: cold (for: cold) • Hypernyms: temperature, vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor • Hyponyms: chill, iciness, gelidity, chilliness, coolness, nip, frostiness, cool 3. a lack of affection or enthusiasm - a distressing coldness of tone and manner • Syn: coldness, coolness, frigidness, iciness, chilliness • Derivationally related forms: icy (for: iciness), frigid (for: frigidness), frigid, cool (for: coolness), cold (for: coldness) • Hypernyms: unemotionality, emotionlessness • Hyponyms: stone, tepidness, lukewarmness
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