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FRIGIDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lack of affection or enthusiasm
Example:
a distressing coldness of tone and manner
Synonyms:
chilliness; coldness; coolness; frigidity; frigidness; iciness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("frigidness" is a kind of...):
emotionlessness; unemotionality (absence of emotion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frigidness"):
stone (a lack of feeling or expression or movement)
lukewarmness; tepidness (lack of passion, force or animation)
Derivation:
frigid (devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The absence of heat
Example:
cold is a vasoconstrictor
Synonyms:
cold; coldness; frigidity; frigidness; low temperature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("frigidness" is a kind of...):
pressor; vasoconstrictive; vasoconstrictor (any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure)
temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frigidness"):
chill; gelidity; iciness (coldness due to a cold environment)
chilliness; coolness; nip (the property of being moderately cold)
frostiness (coldness as evidenced by frost)
cool (the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse
Synonyms:
frigidity; frigidness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("frigidness" is a kind of...):
deadness; unresponsiveness (the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events)
Derivation:
frigid (sexually unresponsive)
