frostiness

noun

Definition of frostinessnext
as in coldness

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Recent Examples of frostiness One of the points of the posturing — in aerial ballets that take place away from public gaze hundreds of times a year — is to try to ensure that the frostiness between NATO and the Kremlin over Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine doesn't tilt into open hostility. — ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frostiness
  1. coldness
  2. iciness
  3. frigidity
Noun
  • The world of Pride and Prejudice expects women to accommodate male pride as a social fact, to smooth over awkwardness, to accept that status and wealth compensate for coldness or indifference.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
  • Her fierce intelligence helps paper over some of the screenplay’s rougher transitions, and even lends a measure of legibility to Sylvia’s sudden coldness.
    — Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 16 June 2026
Definition of coldness
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  • His smug iciness here would serve him well playing both Patrick Bateman and Bruce Wayne.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of iciness
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  • Scientists speculated that a slow metabolism and the frigidity of the water may have combined to keep the octopus mother alive.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 May 2026
  • Before there were ice rollers, cryo masks, and other face-cooling tools that purport to firm and smooth skin with the power of frigidity, there was the simple act of dunking one's face in a bowl of icy water.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 14 Jan. 2026
Definition of frigidity

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