algid

adjective

ˈal-jəd How to pronounce algid (audio)
Definition of algidnext
as in frigid
having a low or subnormal temperature the rescuers searching the algid waters of the Bering Sea

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  1. frigid
  2. icy
  3. cold
  4. freezing
  5. chilly
  6. chill
  7. cool
Adjective
  • The Vigor has flat seams and enough stretch to move comfortably while bending over or reaching up, while thump loops make for easy layering on frigid days.
    Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Instead of snowfall and frigid temperatures, guests are treated to majestic beaches and warm ocean breezes.
    Robin Raven, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of frigid
Adjective
  • Pan said after his race on Wednesday that American and Australian swimmers had been icy toward him.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The combination of human pressures and an icier coast may have eventually driven blue whales offshore.
    Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Definition of icy
Adjective
  • On cold days, its extra length and 650-fill-power down feel like a warm hug.
    Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
  • On our return to The Ravel after every excursion, we are greeted by a welcome party of staff holding out a cold towel and a glass of buck's fizz.
    James Rampton, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of cold
Adjective
  • Fixture Rearrangement But most MLS markets more hospitable to playing through some of the winter than Denmark. Of MLS’ 30 clubs next season, only 16 play in environments where the average low temperatures are freezing or below in January.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Avoid late season pruning and fertilizer applications, which promote new growth that will not have time to harden off before freezing temperatures arrive.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of freezing
Adjective
  • The story had begun almost a decade earlier when, one chilly winter's day in 1946, Prince Max von Hohenlohe fired up his charcoal-burning Rolls-Royce Phantom and drove south from a 90-room palace just outside Madrid.
    Nick Foulkes, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Erik Kain My November cold continues into another chilly, though somewhat less wintry, day.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of chilly
Adjective
  • There’s an effortlessness to her collections that just feel really chill and easy.
    Emily Mercer, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
  • That feels like the right answer, even if Viktor is being shockingly chill about the whole thing after Allison killed Harlan last season.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
Definition of chill
Adjective
  • Other women in particular seem to think this was a very, very cool thing to have done.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Murdock said both systems are bringing cold air from the Alaskan gulf and are part of a pattern that has allowed the jet stream to let in cooler air than normal.
    Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of cool
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“Algid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/algid. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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