noun
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
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the coldness made our breath visible
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come in out of the cold
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cold is a vasoconstrictor
• Syn: ↑coldness, ↑cold, ↑low temperature, ↑frigidness
• Hypernyms: ↑temperature, ↑vasoconstrictor, ↑vasoconstrictive, ↑pressor
• Hyponyms:
3. a lack of affection or enthusiasm
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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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.