white-hot

[ hwahyt-hot, wahyt- ]
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adjective
  1. extremely hot.

  2. showing white heat.

  1. exceedingly enthusiastic, ardent, angry, devoted, etc.; impassioned; perfervid: a fierce, white-hot loyalty to the king.

Origin of white-hot

1
First recorded in 1810–20

Words Nearby white-hot

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How to use white-hot in a sentence

  • He swore vows of reverence and knighthood; he fell upon his knees before her, weeping, his soul white-hot with awe.

    Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair
  • But, as your eminence may notice, the first crucible is turning white hot; it is time to draw the charge.

    Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander Dumas
  • For an instant he saw thousands of tons of white-hot lava rise into the air, then it fell into the sea.

    The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland Goodwin
  • A momentary wind blew the area clear long enough for him to glimpse white-hot lava.

    The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland Goodwin
  • With a quick movement he placed the white-hot length of flint firmly against the delicate skin of the instep and held it there.

    Warrior of the Dawn | Howard Carleton Browne

British Dictionary definitions for white-hot

white-hot

adjective
  1. at such a high temperature that white light is emitted

  2. informal in a state of intense emotion

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