frigid
Extremely cold.
frigid in a sentence
- The explorers pulled their hoods tight against the frigid Arctic wind.
- The mountain lake was so frigid that even a quick paddle made our toes ache.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to frigid?
- Afreezing
- Bboiling
- Chot
- Dwarm
Show the answer
A: freezing. The other three mean the opposite of frigid.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to frigid?
- Acold
- Bicy
- Cwarm
- Dfreezing
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C: warm. The other three mean nearly the same as frigid.
Words that mean something similar
freezing, icy, cold
Words that mean the opposite
warm, hot, boiling
More words about weather & nature
- gale: A very strong wind.
- glorious: Wonderfully beautiful or impressive.
- humid: Warm and damp, with lots of moisture in the air.
- infest: To swarm over a place in large, unwanted numbers.
- lethal: Able to cause death.
- lukewarm: Only slightly warm, or not very enthusiastic.
- lush: Growing thickly, green and healthy.
- mirage: Something you seem to see, often in heat, that is not really there.
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