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algid

/ˈældʒɪd/adjective

उच्चारण ऐल्जिड

ठंडा, शीतल

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adjective
  1. 1

    formal, rare

    cold; chilly

    ठंडा, शीतल

    • the algid winds of the north
    • An algid breeze blew across the valley before dawn.
    • The algid air of the mountain pass numbed his fingers.
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    • They stepped into the algid room and shivered.
    • The poet described the algid silence of the winter night.

    Synonyms cold chilly icy frigid freezing

    Opposite hot warm torrid scorching

≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

al·gid

?Which word?

Keep the cold words together in order: cool, chilly, cold, algid (rare, formal), frigid (very cold; also not friendly), icy, freezing, glacial (extremely cold; very slow).

ठंडक के शब्द क्रम में याद रखिए: cool, chilly, cold, algid (दुर्लभ, औपचारिक), frigid (बहुत ठंडा; अमित्रवत भी), icy, freezing, glacial (अत्यंत ठंडा; बहुत धीमा)।

§Grammar and usage

The opposites: warm, hot, torrid (very hot and dry), sweltering, scorching.

विपरीत: warm, hot, torrid (बहुत गर्म और शुष्क), sweltering, scorching।