🧊 Lack of warmth ❄️ Extreme cold 🚫 Sexual unresponsiveness

frigidness

8.9

Lack of sexual response or inability to reach orgasm

noun
/ˈfrɪdʒɪdnəs/

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: frigidez

The therapist discussed her client's frigidness and its impact on her marriage.

Examples

Open communication may help couples address issues of frigidness in their relationship.
Some older medical texts attribute frigidness to psychological factors rather than physical causes.
Her frigidness towards intimacy surprised him.
Many women experience frigidness at some point in their lives.
Open communication may help couples address issues of frigidness and improve their intimacy.
The therapist explored her client's frigidness and how it affected her relationship with her partner.
Many women face challenges related to frigidness throughout their lives, influencing their emotional connections.

Synonyms

frigidity

vsfrigidness

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1 9.0

Little or no sexual response during sex, often not able to reach orgasm

is the same condition but used as a general or informal noun

Antonyms

orgasm

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115 6.7

A brief moment of very strong pleasure during sex with body changes

arousal

7 6.1

A state of being more awake and feeling stronger emotions

How Sexually Responsive

highly-sexed

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1 7.9

sexual arousal

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3 5.3

unresponsive

20 4.7

frigidness

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8.9

anaphrodisia

Specialized

9.9

Surface Forms

frigidness singular

frigidnesses plural

Morphology

frigidness = frigid (semi-transparent) = frigid + ness

The sexual sense extends from emotional coldness to a specific clinical/sexual meaning; derivation is clear but the specialized sense may not be inferred by all learners.

Etymology

Frigidness comes from the Latin frigidus, which means 'cold'. People used 'cold' to describe little or no sexual feeling, so frigidness can mean sexual unresponsiveness.