Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or character of being lukewarm, literally or figuratively; tepidness; indifference.

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  • noun The property of being lukewarm.

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  • noun lack of passion, force or animation
  • noun a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin

Etymologies

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lukewarm +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • They may call their lukewarmness charity, meekness, moderation, and a largeness of soul; it is nauseous to

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

  • Judging from the night we were present, that support has been extended with a degree of lukewarmness which is exactly proportionate to the effect produced by the appeals of actors when misfortune overtakes them.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 Various

  • But I would lay upon all our hearts the plain, practical lesson that, if we keep in that tepid region of lukewarmness which is the utmost approach to tropical heat that moral and religious questions are capable of raising in many of us, good-bye to all chance of being 'great in the sight of the Lord.'

    Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Alexander Maclaren 1868

  • It may be some one of our original stock of sins not yet mortified; or some new sin into which we have recently fallen; or some relaxation of our spiritual life, out of which has arisen, perhaps, one dangerous temptation, such as lukewarmness, selfishness, or vainglory.

    Sermons. Volume Third. 1808-1892 1847

  • It is also the result of our own complacency and lukewarmness.

    Rev. Emily C. Heath: Mainline Christianity's PR Problem Rev. Emily C. Heath 2011

  • It is also the result of our own complacency and lukewarmness.

    Rev. Emily C. Heath: Mainline Christianity's PR Problem Rev. Emily C. Heath 2011

  • It is also the result of our own complacency and lukewarmness.

    Rev. Emily C. Heath: Mainline Christianity's PR Problem Rev. Emily C. Heath 2011

  • It is also the result of our own complacency and lukewarmness.

    Rev. Emily C. Heath: Mainline Christianity's PR Problem Rev. Emily C. Heath 2011

  • Know, my son, and make all others know, that it is a probable and proximate sign of eternal damnation to have an aversion, a lukewarmness, or a negligence in saying the Angelical Salutation, which has repaired the whole world.

    Archive 2009-06-14 Esther 2009

  • Keep in mind they past life and present lukewarmness, to bewail them, and what is still wanting to thee for thy going into heaven, that thou mayest live in fear, which is a source of great blessings.

    Archive 2009-04-26 Esther 2009

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