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tepid

tepid

7 4.5
Only slightly warm, not hot
  • adjective
  • /ˈtɛpɪd/
: tibio
  • This tea is tepid, Mr. Lint.
  • tepid water

I am just going to fix myself a cup of coffee here real quick and tepid.

Examples

  • It's nice and tepid.

  • "His mother spooned instant coffee into a cup of tepid water.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I like mine tepid and black.

  • And bring a glass of tepid water!

  • I mean, sometimes we have bad days just based on the fact that our tea was tepid and made without milk.

  • And I have to sit here in a bathtub full of tepid water until you get back.

  • Late afternoon was time for a tepid bath, with a fairly serious atmosphere and no toys or games.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Five minutes later, we were feeding the doc some of the tepid vending machine coffee we'd had earlier.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • And Annie Ruth just murmured, "Ummm," and took a sip of her tepid coffee.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I enjoyed the tepid soup for lunch, which was easy to eat without burning my mouth.

Synonyms

lukewarm
vstepid
13 2.3

Only a little warm, not hot or cold

is only slightly warm rather than moderately so

Antonyms

hot
∞ 1.0

Having a high temperature and able to burn your skin

∞ 1.0

Having a low temperature that feels chilly

How Warm

boiling
  • Specialized
1.0
hot
∞ 1.0
warm
∞ 1.0
tepid
7 4.5
cool
608 1.0
cold
∞ 1.0
freezing
1.0

Surface Forms

tepid positive
tepidder comparative
tepidest superlative

Etymology

The word tepid comes from the Latin tepidus, which means 'warm'. So tepid describes something only a little warm, like lukewarm water.