Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun frigidness
3 senses of frigidness
Sense 1
frigidity, frigidness -- (sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse)
=> unresponsiveness, deadness -- (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; "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away")
Sense 2
coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness -- (the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor")
=> temperature -- (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
=> vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor -- (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)
Sense 3
coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness -- (a lack of affection or enthusiasm; "a distressing coldness of tone and manner")
=> unemotionality, emotionlessness -- (absence of emotion)