ADJECTIVE
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extremely cold
polar weather
a frigid day
glacial winds
icy hands
an arctic climate
gelid waters of the North Atlantic
How To Use gelid In A Sentence
- As the scores indicate - typically gelid to frozen - the shots seem to fall in the unflattering to outright frightening range.
- Although they were high in the mountains, and the wind was from the east, and cold with a foretaste of winter, still, it felt warmer than the gelid air radiating from the White River.
- According to the company, the name comes from "The English word" gelid "[which] is derived from the Latin word" gelidus "(extremely cold, icy). Overclockers Club news Feed
- They are knee-deep in gelid gray water, with food and clothing, skinned seagulls and whale blubber, sheepskins and oilskins - the ancient flotsam of death at sea - sloshing about them.
- Angelides hinted that when done three times, it would be incredibly unlikely that Clayton would again discover those individual questionable loans, and that they'd find their way into securitization deals. New Proof Wall Street Knew Its Mortgage Securities Were Subpar: Clayton Execs Testify
- = Compare XV 36 'dura iubet _gelido_ Parca _sub axe_ mori' and _Her_ VI 105-6 (Hypsipyle to Jason) 'non probat Alcimede mater tua -- consule matrem --/non pater, _a gelido_ cui uenit _axe_ nurus'. The Last Poems of Ovid
- The camera is static, and the compositions gelid, lacking any originality.
- Didn't they care that the emotional tone of his work swings between the saccharine and the gelid?
- As I run my palm along its breadth, a gelid numbness permeates into my flesh.
- Mr Bloom turned his largelidded eyes with unhasty friendliness. — Ulysses