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Recent Examples of frigidly
At least Stijn Verhoeven and Ewa Mroczkowska’s nuanced production design for the interiors, including bourgeois homes full of kitschy knick-knacks, anonymous office spaces and frigidly austere villas, tell a story of their own about the material culture of the era.
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
Sweet, refreshing, and so frigidly fabulous in the height of summer.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
Sweet, refreshing, and so frigidly fabulous in the height of summer.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frigidly
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Lili Reinhart’s coldly overbearing Apple (with lucious, flaming red hair) is their ringleader, Alexandra Shipp’s Fig is a science genius who lost her personality in a swirl of people pleasing, and Victoria Pedretti’s mentally fragile Cherry is Apple’s resident punching bag and fixer-upper project.—
Jada Yuan,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2026
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Duvall possessed a Brando-like intensity in the Seventies, whether as the coldly strategic Tom Hagen in the Godfather pictures or as Frank Hackett, the soulless, hotheaded executive in Sidney Lumet’s bruising satire Network.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2026
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Most of the staff are politely, if coolly, efficient, but there were a couple of more gregarious waitstaff at the restaurant who were happily chatting with diners, explaining the provenance of various ingredients.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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To wriggle out of Joseph’s grasp, Michael hires a brash young lawyer, John Branca, played by Miles Teller, who lends the coolly confident character a delightfully rough edge.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Frigidly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frigidly. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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