0 (used especially of women) the condition of not becoming sexually excited or not enjoying sex:
Fear of another miscarriage had led to her frigidity.
Her mother went to see a psychiatrist for frigidity.
1 the fact of being unfriendly or very formal:
It is better to err on the side of frigidity rather than allow wine to become too warm.
The frigidity of the water made failure inevitable.
Many actresses have a frigidity about them.
The psychologist believes sexual frigidity is rooted in childhood trauma.
She counseled women widely on menopause, frigidity, and sexual relations in marriage.
His aggressive sexuality did not help to overcome his wife's apparent frigidity.