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Frigid vs Alienated - What's the difference?

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Frigid is a related term of alienated.


As adjectives the difference between frigid and alienated

is that frigid is very cold; lacking warmth; icy while alienated is isolated; excluded; estranged.

As a verb alienated is

(alienate).

frigid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
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    • , author=Nancy Langston , title=Mining the Boreal North , volume=101, issue=2, page=98 , magazine= citation , passage=Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.}}
  • Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
  • (colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.

    • Related terms

    * frigidity * frigidly * frigidness

    Antonyms

    * fervid

    References

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    alienated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Isolated; excluded; estranged.

    • Derived terms

    * alienatedly

    Verb

    (head)
  • (alienate)