lukewarm
Meaning of lukewarm
adjective
- (of liquid or food that should be hot) only moderately warm; tepid.
they drank bitter lukewarm coffee
- showing little enthusiasm.
the film received a lukewarm reception from critics
Britain is lukewarm about the proposal
late Middle English: from dialect luke (probably from dialect lew ‘lukewarm’ and related to lee) + warm.
Information about lukewarm
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of lukewarm
luke-warm
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- lukewarm is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
lukewarm synonyms
Meaning tepid:
Meaning halfhearted:
Meaning having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned:
Meaning showing no friendliness towards a person or enthusiasm for an idea or project:
Meaning showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern:
Meaning not having or showing enthusiasm:
Meaning not interested in or concerned about something or someone:
Meaning showing a lack of worry or interest, especially when this is surprising or callous:
Meaning ungraciously or offensively nonchalant or cool in manner:
Meaning lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy:
Meaning (of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort:
Meaning (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition:
Meaning not feeling or showing emotion:
Meaning not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial:
Meaning not showing any emotion; unemotional:
Meaning lacking strong emotion; unemotional:
Meaning walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot:
Meaning not responsive:
Meaning not affected by emotion or excitement:
Meaning not interested or appreciative; unenthusiastic:
Meaning half-hearted or indifferent, especially with respect to religion or politics:
lukewarm antonyms
Meaning having a high degree of heat or a high temperature:
Meaning of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body:
Meaning having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval:
Anagrams of lukewarm
Words that rhyme with lukewarm
warm, drawarm, forewarm, housewarm, prewarm, rewarm, unwarm, overwarm, afterswarm, aswarm, beswarm, outswarm, overswarm, reswarm, swarm, topswarm, upswarm
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