tepid Definition
tepid (tep′id)
adjective
- barely or moderately warm; lukewarm: said of liquids
- lacking warmth of feeling or enthusiasm
Etymology: ME teped < L tepidus < tepere, to be slightly warm < IE base *tep-, to be warm > Sans tapati, (it) burns
tepid Related Forms
te·pid′·ity (tə pid′ə tē) noun or tep′·id·ness
tep′·idly adverb
tepid Synonyms
tepid Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- endorsement: Right you convince get the better cottage industry from a tepid endorsement.
- water: Several times I got slightly splashed, the tepid water soaking through my clothes.
- bath: You can also use a tepid cloth to sponge your child, or even a tepid bath.
- response: After the rather tepid response received by the last title, UT 2003, Epic had to rethink their approach when developing UT 2004.
- tea: Of fuel running out halfway through breakfast, of drinking tepid tea.
- pool: Report 1997 ), which encouraged the original supposition of deep deposits surviving throughout the excavations to the west of the Burton tepid pool.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: After the rather tepid response received by the last title, UT 2003, Epic had to rethink their approach when developing UT 2004.
- only: Use only tepid water and a well-wrung chamois or a micro-fibre cloth to clean mirrors.
- so: Q: Are you disappointed that the public reaction to FOUR FEATHERS has been so tepid?
- just: My problem with Starbucks is that the coffee is never actually hot, just tepid.
- distinctly: JPC started hot in 1861 and was brought to the boil again from 1960 but in between it was distinctly tepid.
- otherwise: Clarke struck in the 26th minute to seal the win for Wolves in what was an otherwise tepid cup tie.
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