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[ tep-id ] / ˈtɛp ɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tepid ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivemoderately warm; lukewarm: tepid water. characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm: tepid prose; the critics' tepid reception for the new play. Origin of tepid1350–1400; Middle English <Latin tepidus lukewarm, equivalent to tep(ēre) to be lukewarm + -idus-id4 SYNONYMS FOR tepid1 moderate, mild. 2 unemotional, halfhearted, apathetic. SEE SYNONYMS FOR tepid ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM tepidte·pid·i·ty, tep·id·ness, nountep·id·ly, adverbsub·tep·id, adjectivesub·tep·id·ly, adverb sub·tep·id·ness, nounsub·te·pid·i·ty, noun Words nearby tepidtephra, tephrite, tephrochronology, tephroite, Tepic, tepid, TEPP, teppan-yaki, Tequendama Falls, tequila, ter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tepidYou expect another shower of tepid excuses, but the mother simply shrugs. Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq|Nathan Bradley Bethea|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST When the show finally premiered, reviews were tepid, at best. The Failure of ‘Sean Saves the World’ Is Epically Disappointing|Kevin Fallon|January 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST A few weeks ago, as I read things, there were occasional and tepid signals that the House would not take up the Senate bill. Get Ready for More GOP Race Baiting|Michael Tomasky|June 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST He has had a tepid relationship with organized labor and left-leaning third party the Working Families Party. Liberals Slam Andrew Cuomo’s Deals With New York GOP|David Freedlander|December 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In a tepid and narrow ruling, the court threw a chicken bone to the petitioners and about 2,000 others. Don’t Believe the Hype: Supreme Court Decision on Juvenile Life Without Parole Is Weak|David R. Dow|June 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST Best with fresh absorbent cotton and tepid water, or a solution of boric acid, two teaspoonfuls to the pint. The Care and Feeding of Children|L. Emmett Holt About them circle the entire diocese and the tepid life of a university town. But the chief distinction is that one is tepid, the other frigid as ice. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904|Various Take three dishes, one of hot water, one of cold, and one of a mixture of the two that shall feel neither warm nor cold but tepid. Natural Wonders|Edwin Tenney Brewster He turned on the lights and without waiting to investigate, went into the shower-room and stood under the tepid deluge. Parrot & Co.|Harold MacGrath
British Dictionary definitions for tepid
adjectiveslightly warm; lukewarm relatively unenthusiastic or apatheticthe play had a tepid reception Derived forms of tepidtepidity or tepidness, nountepidly, adverbWord Origin for tepidC14: from Latin tepidus, from tepēre to be lukewarm Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tepidhalfhearted, mild, warm, dull, unenthusiastic, apathetic, cool, disinterested, indifferent, languid, lifeless, moderate, spiritless, temperate, unlively |