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   Luke·warm

   /ˈlo͞okˌwôrm/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of liquid or food that should be hot) only moderately warm; tepid: "they drank bitter lukewarm coffee" Similar tepidslightly warmwarmishblood-hotblood-warmat room temperatureat skin temperaturechambréOpposite hotcold
   • 2. showing little enthusiasm: "the film received a lukewarm reception from critics" Similar indifferentcoolhalfheartedapatheticunenthusiastictepiduninterestedunconcernedoffhandlackadaisicalperfunctoryphlegmaticimpassivedispassionateemotionlesspassionlesslimpnoncommittalunresponsiveunmovedinformal:laid-backunenthusedcouldn't-care-lessvulgar slang:half-arsedhalf-assedrare:LaodiceanOpposite enthusiastic

   Word Origin late Middle English: from dialect luke (probably from dialect lew ‘lukewarm’ and related to lee) + warm.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lukewarmly adverb
   • 2. lukewarmness noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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