frigid

Other forms of frigid

comparative

frigidder·

superlative

frigiddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about frigid

What does frigid mean?

frigid means "sexually unresponsive". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in frigid?

frigid has 2 syllables: frig-id. The stress falls on "frig". In IPA it is /ˈfɹɪdʒəd/.

What is another word for frigid?

Close synonyms include cold, arctic, gelid, glacial, icy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frigid a common word?

frigid is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.