adjective
- extremely cold; icy
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- The gelid wind cut through their winter coats.
- She plunged her hands into the gelid water of the mountain stream.
- The gelid air made their breath visible in white puffs.
- Even with gloves, his fingers grew numb in the gelid temperature.
- The gelid morning frost covered every surface in the garden.
- They hurried inside to escape the gelid night air.