Noun: frigidity fri'ji-di-tee
- The absence of heat
"The frigidity of the winter air made it difficult to breathe";
- coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidness
- A lack of affection or enthusiasm
"Her frigidity towards the proposal dampened everyone's spirits";
- coldness, coolness, frigidness, iciness, chilliness
- Sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse
"The patient sought therapy to address issues of sexual frigidity";
- frigidness
Derived forms: frigidities
Type of: deadness, emotionlessness, pressor, temperature, unemotionality, unresponsiveness, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor
Encyclopedia: Frigidity