gelid
/'dʤelid/
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Definition
Adjective: 1. Extremely cold; icy; frigid: Describes something that is intensely and penetratingly cold, often to the point of being frozen or having the qualities of ice. 2. (Figurative) Emotionally cold; distant; lacking warmth: Describes a manner, tone, or atmosphere that is chillingly unfriendly, aloof, or devoid of emotional warmth.
Usage and Examples
- Literal (Temperature):
- The explorers struggled against the gelid winds of the Antarctic plateau.
- She dipped her hand into the gelid stream and immediately pulled it back out.
- Figurative (Emotion/Atmosphere):
- His gelid stare made everyone in the room uncomfortable.
- A gelid silence fell over the meeting after the announcement.
Advanced Usage
- "Gelid air": Air that is piercingly cold.
- They stepped from the warm cabin into the gelid air of the mountain night.
- "Gelid reception": A very cold, unwelcoming, or hostile welcome.
- The controversial proposal was met with a gelid reception from the committee.
Variants and Related Words
- Gelidity (noun): The state or quality of being gelid; extreme coldness.
- The gelidity of the water was shocking.
Synonyms
- Arctic: Pertaining to the extreme cold of the Arctic region.
- Frigid: Very cold in temperature; also can mean sexually unresponsive or lacking warmth.
- Glacial: Like ice or a glacier; extremely cold; also can mean very slow or characterized by great hostility or indifference.
- Icy: Covered with or consisting of ice; very cold; also can mean very unfriendly or hostile.
- Polar: Relating to the North or South Pole; extremely cold.
- Frosty: Cold enough to produce frost; also can mean unfriendly or cool in manner.
Antonyms
- Balmy: Pleasantly warm.
- Tepid: Only slightly warm; lukewarm.
- Torrid: Very hot and dry.
- Fervid: Intensely enthusiastic or passionate; heated.
Adjective
- extremely cold
- an arctic climate
- a frigid day
- gelid waters of the North Atlantic
- glacial winds
- icy hands
- polar weather