lukewarm
adjective
[ ˈluːkwɔːm ]
• (of liquid or food that should be hot) only moderately warm; tepid.
• "they drank bitter lukewarm coffee"
Similar:
tepid,
slightly warm,
warmish,
blood-hot,
blood-warm,
at room temperature,
at skin temperature,
chambré,
• showing little enthusiasm.
• "the film received a lukewarm reception from critics"
Similar:
indifferent,
cool,
half-hearted,
apathetic,
unenthusiastic,
tepid,
uninterested,
unconcerned,
offhand,
lackadaisical,
perfunctory,
phlegmatic,
impassive,
dispassionate,
emotionless,
passionless,
limp,
non-committal,
unresponsive,
unmoved,
laid-back,
unenthused,
couldn't-care-less,
Laodicean,
half-arsed,
half-assed,
Origin:
late Middle English: from dialect luke (probably from dialect lew ‘lukewarm’ and related to lee) + warm.
