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How to pronounce gelid in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms arctic, frigid, glacial, icy, polar
Derivation gelidity


gelid waters of the North Atlantic.

Examples of gelid

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All is gelid grays and greens except for the lurid red of Lulu's dress and wig.
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Despite its gelid glory, Cox suggests, the air-conditioner may not be such a good thing.
From the washingtonpost.com
I strip to my bathing suit and wade into the gelid waters, but pass on the full-body dip.
From the latimes.com
On the map, it looks enticingly remote and tantalizingly gelid.
From the sacbee.com
The gelid air of an arctic afternoon clings to their coats.
From the jsonline.com
The mail continues until 1965, when the increasingly cool friendship-it was never a romance-turns gelid.
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The year is 1956, when the cold war was gelid.
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Once a year, athletes swim nearly five miles to the mainland from Robben Island, the former prison, in the gelid and turbulent Table Bay.
From the theatlantic.com
Outbreaks of gelid air from Siberia capture moisture from the Sea of Japan before climbing the rugged terrain of Hokkaido and depositing fresh snow.
From the roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com
Because there is little oxygen, gelid temperatures, no currents and no plant life at those depths, the wreckage may be in perfect condition.
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The Pensieri constitute the driest part of Leopardi's work and testify to a moment of gelid desperation and total disdain for man and his vanities.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Arctic: extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
  • (gelidity) chill: coldness due to a cold environment
  • Very cold; icy or frosty