heated
Word Statistics
Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Simple pronunciation
Analysis:
- • Common vocabulary word
- • Simple pronunciation
1. To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
"I'll heat up the water."
2. To become hotter.
"There's a pot of soup heating on the stove."
3. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
4. To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
5. To arouse, to excite (sexually).
"The massage heated her up."
Synonyms
1. Very agitated, angry or impassioned.
"a heated argument"
2. (usually not comparable) Made warm or hot by some means.
"a heated greenhouse / swimming pool / towel rail"
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