tepidity

  • 21tepid — adjective /ˈtɛpɪd/ a) Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool. Im drinking a tepid cup of water. b) Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness. He gave me a tepid response to the proposal. Syn: lukewarm …

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  • 22disinterest — I (lack of interest) noun aloofness, apathy, boredom, callousness, carelessness, coolness, detachment, disdain, disinterestedness, disregard, heedlessness, inappetance, inappetancy, inattention, inattentiveness, inconsideration, incuriosity,… …

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  • 23wlæce — n ( es/ u) tepidity; [=wlæc?] …

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  • 24heat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. high temperature (see heat); passion, rage, vehemence; rut, mating period. See sex, excitement. Ant., cold. II Quality of warmth Nouns 1. heat, caloric; warmth, ardor, fervor, fervency; incalescence …

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  • 25son of a bitch — 1707 as a direct phrase, but implied much earlier. Abide þou þef malicious! Biche sone þou drawest amis þou schalt abigge it ywis! [ Of Arthour & of Merlin, c.1330] Probably the most common American vulgarity from about the middle of the… …

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  • 26tepid — adjective 1》 lukewarm. 2》 unenthusiastic. Derivatives tepidity noun tepidly adverb tepidness noun Origin ME: from L. tepidus, from tepere be warm …

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  • 27tepor — n. Tepidness, lukewarmness, gentle heat, tepidity …

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  • 28tepid — adjective 1 tepid liquid is slightly warm, especially in a way that seems unpleasant: I politely sipped my tepid coffee. 2 a feeling, reaction etc that is tepid shows a lack of excitement or interest: The critics reaction to the play was tepid… …

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  • 29heat — n 1. hotness, calefaction, warmth, warmness, caloric, caloricity; torridity, torridness, fieriness, red heat; incandescence, white heat; tepidity, tepidness, lukewarmness, lukewarmth. 2. fever, temperature, Inf. temp, Pathol. pyrexia, febricity,… …

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  • 30tepid — /ˈtɛpəd / (say tepuhd) adjective moderately warm; lukewarm. {Middle English, from Latin tepidus} –tepidity /təˈpɪdəti/ (say tuh piduhtee), tepidness, noun –tepidly, adverb …