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tepid
[ tep-id ]
adjective
- moderately warm; lukewarm:
tepid water.
- characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm:
tepid prose;
the critics' tepid reception for the new play.
Synonyms: unemotional, apathetic, halfhearted
tepid
/ ˈtɛpɪd /
adjective
- slightly warm; lukewarm
- relatively unenthusiastic or apathetic
the play had a tepid reception
Derived Forms
- teˈpidity, noun
- ˈtepidly, adverb
Other Words From
- te·pidi·ty tepid·ness noun
- tepid·ly adverb
- sub·tepid adjective
- sub·tepid·ly adverb
- sub·tepid·ness noun
- subte·pidi·ty noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of tepid1
Example Sentences
That was the last time the band allowed tepid performances and overwrought production overwhelm an otherwise solid set of songs.
You expect another shower of tepid excuses, but the mother simply shrugs.
Her delivery—airy and a little tepid—is familiar from her long-running reality series.
“Sure, Greenwald and Pierre occasionally express tepid ‘support’ for the PayPal14,” the anonymous letter said Monday.
They almost have an incentive to keep the economy going at a more tepid rate.
He inclines to the use of the tepid bath, as likely to be the most generally efficacious.
One wine-glass of the solution, added to half a pint of tepid water, is sufficient for each application.
One wine-glassful of this solution, added to half a pint of tepid water, is sufficient for each application.
This tepid admiration was not the outcome of conscientious feeling, but of her faith on the strength of love.
Lily B.—If your poor canary allows you to handle it, you can hold it for a moment in tepid water, which will refresh it very much.
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