warmth
Americannoun
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the quality or state of being warm; moderate or gentle heat.
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the sensation of moderate heat.
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liveliness of feelings, emotions, or sympathies; ardor or fervor; enthusiasm or zeal.
She spoke her mind with great warmth. There was warmth in his greeting and in his handshake.
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the quality of being intimate and attached.
All children need warmth and affection from their families.
- Synonyms:
- affection, kindness, tenderness
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an effect of brightness, cheerfulness, coziness, etc., achieved by the use of warm colors.
The room has warmth since it was redecorated.
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the means or ability to produce a sensation of heat.
a jacket with little warmth.
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slight anger or irritation.
Her denial betrayed some warmth.
noun
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the state, quality, or sensation of being warm
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intensity of emotion
he denied the accusation with some warmth
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affection or cordiality
Other Word Forms
- warmthless adjective
- warmthlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of warmth
First recorded in 1125–75, warmth is from the Middle English word wermth. See warm, -th 1
Example Sentences
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Yet there can be no “ultimate” in art, and Newman’s warmth and generosity to the “newcomers” of the 1960s signal his interest in what was to come.
Inconvenient and damaging as the outages were, my family managed to find warmth in the cold.
The film offers a softer fantasy: that warmth can be improvised, that collaboration counts, that love might arrive even when dinner does not.
From Salon
George Wallace, her onscreen father in the Prime Video comedy “Clean Slate,” brought a warmth that was easy to capture.
From Los Angeles Times
When the sun vanishes early and the chill of darkness comes on deep and fast, there has always been an instinct to gather around a source of warmth and illumination for tales of fearsome happenings.
From Los Angeles Times
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