lukewarm

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Temperature between warm and cool

Wash it in lukewarm water.

Not very enthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea)

The suggestion met with only a lukewarm response.

{a} moderately warm, indifferent, cool
Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid
{s} slightly warm, tepid; unenthusiastic, indifferent
Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent
moderately warm; "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath water"
The state or quality of being lucky; as, the luckiness of a man or of an event
Producing, or resulting in, good by
feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate"
Good fortune; favorable issue or event
In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; used in a good sense; as, they luckily escaped injury
Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer
moderately warm; "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath water" In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; used in a good sense; as, they luckily escaped injury
Something, especially a liquid, that is lukewarm is only slightly warm. Wash your face with lukewarm water The coffee was weak and lukewarm. = tepid
If you describe a person or their attitude as lukewarm, you mean that they are not showing much enthusiasm or interest. The study received a lukewarm response from the Home Secretary
tepid
luke
lukewarm attitude
chilly treatment, attitude that is not warm and friendly, attitude that is not cordial
lukewarm water
water that is slightly warm, water that is neither hot nor cold
lukewarm.
piss-warm
lukewarmly
In a lukewarm manner, tepidly, without extremeness
lukewarmly
{a} with indifference or coolness
lukewarmness
{n} a want of zeal, indifference
lukewarmly
tepidly; indifferently, apathetically
lukewarmly
in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner; "he was lukewarmly received by his relatives
lukewarmness
a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin
lukewarmness
lack of passion, force or animation
lukewarmness
The property of being lukewarm
lukewarmness
{i} quality of being moderately warm, tepidness; indifference, apathy
lukewarm

    Silbentrennung

    luke·warm

    Türkische aussprache

    lukwôrm

    Aussprache

    /ˈlo͞okˈwôrm/ /ˈluːkˈwɔːrm/

    Etymologie

    [ 'lük-'worm ] (adjective.) 14th century. From Middle English lukewarme (“lukewarm, tepid”), equivalent to luke (“lukewarm”) +‎ warm. First element believed to be an alteration of Middle English lew (“tepid”), from Old English hlēow (“warm, sunny”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz, *hlūmaz, *hliumaz (“warm”), from Proto-Indo-European *k'al(w)e-, *k'el(w)e-, *k(')lēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Dutch lauw (“tepid”), German lauwarm (“lukewarm”), Faroese lýggjur (“warm”), Swedish ljum (“lukewarm”), Danish lummer (“muggy”), Danish & Norwegian lunken (“tepid”), Swedish dialectal ljunken (“lukwarm”).
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