heated
Americanadjective
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made hot or hotter; warmed.
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excited; inflamed; vehement.
a heated discussion.
- Synonyms:
- fierce, impassioned, passionate
adjective
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made hot; warmed
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impassioned or highly emotional
Other Word Forms
- heatedly adverb
- heatedness noun
- unheated adjective
- well-heated adjective
Etymology
Origin of heated
Example Sentences
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There have been heated hearings in Israel's parliament involving rabbis, doctors, lawyers and security officials.
From BBC
After jawing with members of McDonnell’s security detail, Reedy got into a heated exchange with Alan Hamilton, a deputy chief who runs the detective bureau.
From Los Angeles Times
We aren’t headed back to the heated market of 2021, but even a modest thaw means millions more hopeful buyers will hit the same wall of insurance premiums.
From Barron's
The hotel’s rooftop bar hosts a New Year’s Eve party, which recently featured heated private igloos and 360-degree views of Manhattan’s fireworks show.
"Did this individual fall victim, as many others have, of this type of heated rhetoric?"
From Barron's
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