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frigid adj. 1 cold, arctic, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, hyperboreal,
polar, bone-chilling, boreal, Siberian, freezing, wintry,
chilly, chill, Archaic frore: We were huddled in that frigid
alpine hut for two days. 2 cold, cool, cold-hearted,
forbidding, austere, unemotional, unfeeling, stiff, rigid, prim,
strait-laced, stony, callous, steely, obdurate, thick-skinned,
impervious, inaccessible, remote, unapproachable, unfriendly,
standoffish, haughty, aloof, reserved: His behaviour to his
ex-wife has always been frigid. 3 unapproachable, unresponsive,
impassive, passive, indifferent, cold; impotent: She says he's
impotent and he insists that she's frigid.
frill n. 1 trimming, decoration, ornament, furbelow, flounce, ruffle:
This dress would be suitable without the frill. 2
ornamentation, frippery, falderal or fal de rol or folderol,
frou-frou, showiness, ostentation, embellishment, luxury,
trimming, extra, addition, superfluity, gewgaw, (bit of)
paraphernalia, Colloq US foofaraw, bells and whistles, Slang
jazz: They ordered a computer system that has every imaginable
frill.
fringe n. 1 trimming, edge, edging, border, frill, flounce, ruffle,
purfle, purfling, ruff, ruche or rouche, ricrac or rickrack,
ornament, decoration, furbelow: The curtains would look better
without that pink fringe. 2 border, perimeter, edge, boundary,
bounds, periphery, limits, margin, outskirts, march(es);
Technical fimbria: We live on the fringes of Oxford.
--v. 3 edge, border, trim, surround: The grounds are fringed
with trees.
frisk v. 1 caper, gambol, cavort, frolic, skip, trip, romp, curvet,
leap, dance, prance, play, rollick: She was frisking about like
a lamb. 2 search, inspect, examine, check (out), go over: At
the airport, we were frisked for weapons.
frisky adj. lively, frolicsome, rollicking, playful, active, animated,
(high-)spirited, coltish: Tell Frances to calm down - she's
getting a bit too frisky.
fritter v. fritter away. squander, waste, idle away, misspend,
dissipate: Stop frittering away your time watching television.
She frittered away every penny of her inheritance.