tepid
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˈtɛpɪd/
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- This tea is tepid, Mr. Lint.
- tepid water
I am just going to fix myself a cup of coffee here real quick and tepid.
- I am just going to fix myself a cup of coffee here real quick and tepid.
Examples
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It's nice and tepid.
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"His mother spooned instant coffee into a cup of tepid water.
Fiction book (1990) -
I like mine tepid and black.
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And bring a glass of tepid water!
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I mean, sometimes we have bad days just based on the fact that our tea was tepid and made without milk.
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And I have to sit here in a bathtub full of tepid water until you get back.
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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
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2.3
Only a little warm, not hot or cold
Antonyms
How Warm
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word tepid comes from the Latin tepidus, which means 'warm'. So tepid describes something only a little warm, like lukewarm water.