Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Moderately warm; lukewarm.
- adjective Lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Moderately warm; lukewarm.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Moderately warm; lukewarm
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Lukewarm ; neitherwarm norcool . - adjective
Uninterested ; exhibiting little passion or eagerness.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective moderately warm
- adjective feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a Shiite, also took a stab at what he called a tepid U.S. response to the unrest against the tiny island's Sunni monarchy.
The Seattle Times 2011
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I haven't read this, but I did read Esslemont's Night of Knives and I thought it was a bit meh, so I am not surprised that "tepid" is the one word applied to this volume.
Ian Cameron Esslemont - Return of the Crimson Guard (Book Review) 2008
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Given the long-term tepid outlook for the world economy, is the near-future the right time to force those costs down consumers' throats?
Steve Parker: EPA Rates Volt and Leaf: What's Your Choice? Steve Parker 2010
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And from its crimson source in tepid channels flow.
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Beneath this window is a broad divan, and here, laved in tepid sea winds and soothed by rippling whispers against the ship's side, I sleep – the langorous, voluptuous sleep of the tropics; ... sink softly into that dim warm flood where one lies drenched, submerged in unconsciousness; a flood that ebbs slowly, slowly – bearing with it all fatigue and satiety – and leaves me on the shores of life again in a pale lilac dusk glimmering with great stars ....
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These good global numbers hide, however, a more complex reality, namely a tepid recovery in many advanced economies, and a much stronger one in most emerging and developing economies.
World Faces Serious New Economic Challenges Olivier Blanchard 2010
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These good global numbers hide, however, a more complex reality, namely a tepid recovery in many advanced economies, and a much stronger one in most emerging and developing economies.
Olivier Blanchard: World Faces Serious New Economic Challenges 2010
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BLITZER: President Obama is now using the toughest language yet to condemn Iran's crackdown on political protesters after a week of what his critics called a tepid response.
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That said, even as a conservative, I believe my bias towards John Tory could have been most charitably described as tepid I did not support him for leader, and as recently as two weeks ago I was not very impressed.
Archive 2007-09-01 ALW 2007
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That said, even as a conservative, I believe my bias towards John Tory could have been most charitably described as tepid I did not support him for leader, and as recently as two weeks ago I was not very impressed.
And The Winner Is... ALW 2007
cxkang commented on the word tepid
strictly physical context?
May 13, 2009
bilby commented on the word tepid
Can't rule out the metaphorical.
May 13, 2009