Synonyms

hotter

¹ American

[hot-er] / ˈhɒt ər /

verb (used without object)

Scot. and North England.

to vibrate up and down; shake, totter, or rattle, as a plate on a shelf.
to stammer.

hotter ² American

[hot-er] / ˈhɒt ər /

adjective

comparative of hot.

Etymology

Origin of hotter

1790–1800; < early Dutch dialect hotteren, frequentative with -er- of Middle Dutch hotten to shake; akin to hotch

Example Sentences

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Climate change is expected to bring more extreme weather events, including hotter summers and wind changes in the UK, which Gratton says could make flights struggling to take-off more likely.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

The room suddenly felt hotter and more humid than before.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Consumer prices were up 3.3% in March from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Friday, much hotter than February’s gain of 2.4%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

"As PBHs evaporate, they become ever lighter, and so hotter, emitting even more radiation in a runaway process until explosion. It's that Hawking radiation that our telescopes can detect."

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Cem liked to say that Key West in summer was hotter than some of the fires he’d been in.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

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