white-hot

Examples

• All

• He expressed his white-hot passion for music during the concert.

• Par felt the magic explode everywhere, white-hot and fierce, burning everything.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Wouldn't working with what we have make a little more sense than saying we're in a white hot culture war?

• This thing is blazing white hot.

  The Black Hole (2006)

• The anger inside me was like white-hot metal.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Fortunately, true freshman Buddy Hield came off the bench white hot and helped shoot Oklahoma back into the game.

  Blog text (13)

• His rebellion had grown stronger until that dreamlike day when he'd burst into a terrible white-hot rage.

  Fiction book (1990)

• But the fires of anger slowly burned down to a silent, white-hot determination that left him grim-faced and ominously quiet.

  Fiction book (2000)

• It comes back to me, the cooled-off memory of all my white-hot fervor, the physics that had burned its way through the hours of my nights and days, the hours of my life.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The thought of losing the championship filled her with white-hot determination.

Synonyms

H

hot

vswhite-hot

108 1.6

Full of strong activity and excitement

is stronger and more intensely attention grabbing in feeling

F

fiery

vswhite-hot

64 3.5

Full of strong, often angry feelings

is broader intense passion that attracts attention not only quick anger

F

feverish

vswhite-hot

9 3.8

Full of strong excitement and hurried activity

is more focused on extreme passionate intensity that draws attention instead

R

red-hot

vswhite-hot

3 4.0

Full of strong feeling or interest

is even more extreme and draws striking public attention

S

sizzling

vswhite-hot

• Informal

1 3.9

Very exciting and full of strong feeling

is more extreme and often attracts wider public attention

F

flaming

vswhite-hot

4.8

Showing very strong feeling, often suddenly

is more sustained extreme energy that attracts attention rather than sudden bursts

H

heated

vswhite-hot

4.2

A discussion full of strong feelings and anger

is more broadly extreme passion and attention not limited to debates

Antonyms

I

indifferent

46 4.4

Not interested or showing no strong feeling about something

A

apathetic

24 6.8

Not showing much interest or energy

How Intense

white-hot

3 5.8

passionate

329 2.8

enthusiastic

175 2.7

interested

∞ 1.0

lukewarm

16 4.4

Surface Forms

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Etymology