Tepid
81lukewarm — [adj1] slightly heated blood warm, milk warm, tepid, warm, warmish; concept 605 Ant. chilly, cool, cooled lukewarm [adj2] indifferent, unenthusiastic apathetic, chilly, cold, cool, halfhearted, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, phlegmatic, tepid …
82tepefy — [tep′ə fī΄] vt., vi. tepefied, tepefying [L tepefacere < tepere (see TEPID) + facere, to make, DO1] to make or become tepid tepefaction [tep′əfak′ shən] n …
83halfhearted — adjective feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm a halfhearted effort gave only lukewarm support to the candidate • Syn: ↑half hearted, ↑tepid, ↑lukewarm • Similar to: ↑unenthusiastic …
84tepidity — noun a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin • Syn: ↑lukewarmness, ↑tepidness • Derivationally related forms: ↑tepid (for: ↑tepidness), ↑tepid, ↑lukewarm ( …
85tepidly — adverb in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner he was lukewarmly received by his relatives • Syn: ↑lukewarmly • Derived from adjective: ↑lukewarm (for: ↑lukewarmly) * * * adverb see …
86tepefy — /tepˈi fī/ transitive verb and intransitive verb (tepˈifying; tepˈified) To make or become tepid ORIGIN: L tepefacere, from tepēre to be tepid, and facere to make • • • tepefacˈtion noun …
87hy|po|ther|mal — «HY puh THUR muhl, HIHP uh », adjective. 1. having to do with the reduction of the heat of the body, especially to subnormal temperature. 2. = tepid. (Cf. ↑tepid) …
88luke´warm´ness — luke|warm «LOOK WRM», adjective. 1. neither hot nor cold; moderately warm: »a lukewarm bath. SYNONYM(S): tepid. 2. Figurative. showing little enthusiasm; half hearted: »a lukewarm greeting, a lukewarm supporter, lukewarm obedience. SYNONYM(S):… …
89luke´warm´ly — luke|warm «LOOK WRM», adjective. 1. neither hot nor cold; moderately warm: »a lukewarm bath. SYNONYM(S): tepid. 2. Figurative. showing little enthusiasm; half hearted: »a lukewarm greeting, a lukewarm supporter, lukewarm obedience. SYNONYM(S):… …
90luke|warm — «LOOK WRM», adjective. 1. neither hot nor cold; moderately warm: »a lukewarm bath. SYNONYM(S): tepid. 2. Figurative. showing little enthusiasm; half hearted: »a lukewarm greeting, a lukewarm supporter, lukewarm obedience. SYNONYM(S): indifferent …
