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tepid adjective [ ˈtɛpɪd ]

• (especially of a liquid) only slightly warm; lukewarm.
• "she soaked a flannel in the tepid water"
Similar: lukewarm, warmish, slightly warm, at room temperature, chambré,
Opposite: hot, cold,
• showing little enthusiasm.
• "the applause was tepid"
Similar: unenthusiastic, apathetic, half-hearted, indifferent, cool, lukewarm, uninterested, unconcerned, offhand, perfunctory, desultory, limp, listless, unenthused, half-arsed, half-assed,
Opposite: enthusiastic, passionate,
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin tepidus, from tepere ‘be warm’.


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